master-hand

Love was depicted in it, if not by a master-hand, at any rate by a man who seemed to give his own impressions; and truth, even if unskilled, could not fail to touch a virgin soul.

Albert Savarus 2007

Love was depicted in it, if not by a master-hand, at any rate by a man who seemed to give his own impressions; and truth, even if unskilled, could not fail to touch a virgin soul.

Albert Savarus 2007

The game there too might be pretty enough, if it were played well, by such a master-hand as his own.

Castle Richmond 2004

Contemporary critics declined to acknowledge that, in these books and their congeners, [6] there were some traces of a master-hand.

Balzac 2003

Liza was “a master-hand” at such work, and had real taste, and so a

A Raw Youth 2003

Then it came out that in those worldly days he had been a master-hand at casting horoscopes and nativities; and the family priest led him on to describe his methods; each giving the planets names that the other could not understand, and pointing upwards as the big stars sailed across the dark.

Kim 2003

Ireland itself is softened in all its parts by their [sic] sudden calamity; and capable of receiving new permanent impressions, if a master-hand can be found to direct them. 29

Ed Lengel: "A 'Perverse and Ill-Fated People'" 1996

It was evident that a master-hand was guiding the national finances, and fortunately the Chancellor's calculations were verified by the continued prosperity of the country.

The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

Contemporary critics declined to acknowledge that, in these books and their congeners, [*] there were some traces of a master-hand.

Balzac Frederick Lawton

But, notwithstanding the depth and strength of German, it is generally agreed that as an instrument of thought French prose in a master-hand is unrivalled, by its subtlety and precision, and its epigrammatic force.

The Education of Catholic Girls Janet Erskine Stuart