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European painters used landscapes only
The early European painters used landscapes only as backgrounds for portraits or religious subjects.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

employer perhaps unconsciously laid on
The lights in the room, and Mr. Smith's politeness, had given me a courage which the dark staircase dissipated; and but for the hold which my new employer, perhaps unconsciously, laid on my arm, I think I should have stood back and refused to go.
— from Shrewsbury: A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

even pale Uru lord of
The ghosts of the dead gibber at the threshold, and even pale Uru, lord of disease, himself may glance in at [Pg 272] the tiny window with ghastly countenance and eager, red eyes.
— from Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria by Lewis Spence

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