As Hans Holbein came to London in 1526 it will be seen that the art oflimning has, in this country, a genealogy, so to speak, of nearly four hundred years.
Diana furnishes a text for a dissertation on Meredith's limning of the sex, and of his conception of the mental relation of the sexes.
The afternoon sun fell aslant the black oak parquetry where sat her Grace of Ellswold, Lady Constance and Mistress Penwick, engaged with limning and embroidery.
How the imagination fills up this outline limning by her friend, and, if truth must be told, admirer!
The goldsmith," I said, "Graves limning on gold: why not letters on lead?
Thearion, now, my friend who bakes you bread, What 's worthier limning than his household life?
Hail who implied, by limning Lamachos, Plenty and pastime wait on peace, not war!
