paint-box

History of the City of London, as well as a paint-box, an hour-glass, an extinct eight-day clock, properties which were faithfully introduced, half a century later, into The Wild Duck.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

History of the City of London, as well as a paint-box, an hour-glass, an extinct eight-day clock, properties which were faithfully introduced, half a century later, into The Wild Duck.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

I remember that, in my confusion and my eagerness to make a fitting response to her kind words, I opened my paint-box so excitedly that I spilled my brushes on the floor.

Description of Queen Marie-Antoinette by Elisabeth Vigee-Labrun part 1 de Brantigny........................ 2007

I remember that, in my confusion and my eagerness to make a fitting response to her kind words, I opened my paint-box so excitedly that I spilled my brushes on the floor.

Archive 2007-09-23 de Brantigny........................ 2007

She even had a little old paint-box, and showed you one or two ivory miniatures out of the drawer.

The Newcomes 2006

As for her cheeks, what paint-box or dictionary contains pigments or words to describe their red?

The Fitz-Boodle Papers 2006

And whenever George wanted anything from her, from the jam-pots in her cupboards to the cracked and dry old colours in her paint-box (the old paint-box which she had had when she was a pupil of Mr. Smee and was still almost young and blooming), Georgy took possession of the object of his desire, which obtained, he took no further notice of his aunt.

Vanity Fair 2006

There had been nothing to keep Jolyon at home, and he had removed his grief and his paint-box abroad.

In Chancery 2004

I have seen no more cheerful and animated sight than the long street leading from the quay where we were landed, and the market blazing in sunshine, piled with fruit, fish, and poultry, under many-coloured awnings; the tall white houses with their balconies and galleries shining round about, and the sky above so blue that the best cobalt in all the paint-box looks muddy and dim in comparison to it.

Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

However, here Spring is as if God has used a very bright paint-box and changed the whole landscape from almost black and white to colour!

Spring has sprung! 2004