Painters

Examples

• These ancient painters never succeeded in denationalizing themselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In his desire for the greatest subjects for his windows and the finest treatment of them, Bernard turned to Italy, the home of the great painters, and copied their works. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• You'll find a fire in the vestry, on account of the painters. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Are there painters in New York? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We poor painters have none to spare. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Have you any poets, painters, sculptors? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It looks in at the windows and touches the ancestral portraits with bars and patches of brightness never contemplated by the painters. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Allston took him to England, and there introduced him to Benjamin West, the dean of painters and a man who was always eager to aid young countrymen of his who planned to follow his career. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I know one or two painters, very good fellows, that I could bring to see you if you'd allow me, said Archer boldly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The light, the shade, the harmony of colours, the vice of English painters, the striking characters of Dutch artists--_Ma foi! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The pecuniary recompence, therefore, of painters and sculptors, of lawyers and physicians, ought to be much more liberal; and it is so accordingly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The various actors are selected, parts are assigned, and the scene-painters are set to work on the production of the desired scenery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She had been a model to the painters. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The duties on glass, paper, leather, painters' colours, tea, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They were the first great artists of the ear, as the later Aurignacian rock painters were the first great artists of the eye and hand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Rival Painters. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You know painters, then? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Poets and painters have adorned it; and in its manufacture have been embodied through all ages the choicest discoveries of the chemist, the inventor and the mechanic. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I'm waiting for the painters, or I shouldn't be here, you may depend upon it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Plato, like the old painters, retains the traditional form, and like them he has also a vision of a city in the clouds. Plato. The Republic.
• I suppose painters will go on copying it as long as any of the original is left visible to the eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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