word-painter

Some whose tatters were the most conspicuous feature of their costume, I am sure would have charmed me if I had been a painter; as a mere word-painter I find myself wishing I could give the color of their wretchedness to my page.

Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

On the popular lecture platform as well as in the pulpit Dr. Drew is a renowned word-painter, and during the course of the year he receives literally scores of invitations to speak at varied functions both here and elsewhere.

Babbit 2004

As a word-painter the young Churchill has not only verve but visual acuteness.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 - Presentation Speech 1953

He has a poetical nature, is a word-painter, and, therefore, indulges in the license of the poet and painter.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Among the characters one -- 'Charles Tewphunny' -- strikes us as a reality; a vigorous, earnest, cheerful nature, clear and fine even through the obscurity and occasional crudity of his word-painter.

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

On the popular lecture platform as well as in the pulpit Dr. Drew is a renowned word-painter, and during the course of the year he receives literally scores of invitations to speak at varied functions both here and elsewhere.

Babbitt 1922

On the popular lecture platform as well as in the pulpit Dr. Drew is a renowned word-painter, and during the course of the year he receives literally scores of invitations to speak at varied functions both here and elsewhere.

Chapter 17 1922

He is a master of descriptive poetry, an incomparable word-painter, a carver of gems; any one who reads the best poems in Émaux et Camées will afterwards discover that they absolutely decline to be forgotten; but we remember them as we remember fragments of music, or colour in some picture: seldom because they are the noble expression of noble thoughts.

Introduction 1920

He was a word-painter of its landscapes, a rider over its surfaces.

The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Bliss Perry 1907

Yet Hawthorne is not a word-painter like Browning and Carlyle, but obtains his pictorial effect by simple accuracy of description, a more difficult process than the other, but also more satisfactory.

The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906