tintless
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Antique art is in the first place purely linear art, colourless, tintless, without light and shade; next, it is essentially the art of the isolated figure, without background, grouping, or perspective.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
The starry halo of that tintless crown, The midnight blackness of her plentiful hair, Set off the splendor of the countenance On which the maiden bent her pale regard.
From The Arctic Queen by Unknown
I made myself gardener of some tintless flowers that grew between its closely-ranked shrubs; I cleared away the relics of past autumns, choking up a rustic seat at the far end.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
And low and frail Bloomed ’mid the tintless snows a snow-drop pale.
From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Collier, Ada Langworthy
In that peaceful home The fair-haired orphan was a fount of joy, Spreading her young heart like a tintless sheet For Love to write on.
From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard
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