Word: kinsman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...passion to interpret life. It is as good a standard as any other but leads inevitably to the conclusion that lusty Rubens was one of the greatest artists who ever lived; and that patrician Velasquez, who "painted the King's face in precisely the same spirit as his modern kinsman Monet painted haystacks," was little more than an expert technician. The 500 pages of the book are a learned sausage stuffed with much meat. Author Craven has spent three years writing it, studied original sources all over Europe to prove his points...
...known her for 20 years and understood that she needed it to collect a $90,000 "estate" which her husband had accumulated in some vague transaction. He went to Springfield with his nephew, sat in the hotel lobby. The first he knew about the faro game was when his kinsman rushed up agitatedly, crying: "Uncle Ed, we've been robbed!" Young Mr. Litsinger explained that when he had entered the gambling room three men had muscled the cash away from him, Mrs. Blacklidge had looked...