master spirit
Example Sentences
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The master spirit of this society is the convict Harcamone, in solitary confinement, awaiting the guillotine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ordinarily one man kept the lot, and as Jun was the better dealer and master spirit, it was natural enough he should hold the stones, or, at any rate, the best of them.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
And there was much evidence to indicate that Daniel’s was the master spirit of those early times.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
The President of the State Society for this year is Mr. John Delafield, long a master spirit among our Wall-street financiers, and for some years President of the Phenix bank.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
As it came closer, high on the poop, standing alone like its master spirit, she discovered her lover.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
