Reynolds
['renəldz] or ['rɛnəldz]
Definition
(noun.) English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792).
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Examples
- The commendation bestowed on him by Mrs. Reynolds was of no trifling nature. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Reynolds could interest her on no other point. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri, in 1861, Jackson and Reynolds, were both supporters of the rebellion and took refuge with the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mrs. Reynolds then directed their attention to one of Miss Darcy, drawn when she was only eight years old. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Reynolds respect for Elizabeth seemed to increase on this intimation of her knowing her master. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It was as though she had stepped, not out of, but into, Reynolds's canvas, banishing the phantom of his dead beauty by the beams of her living grace. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Poor Reynolds, she was always very fond of me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And that, said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, is my master--and very like him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Reynolds informed them that it had been taken in his father's lifetime. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Reynolds anticipated Miss Darcy's delight, when she should enter the room. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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