But I assure them in return, that I range those hours among the happiest of my life; and part of that happiness may consist in Delineating the bright side of human nature.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
As a painter of life it is not by striking effects, but by his truth in detail, and his power of Delineating the finer distinctions in varying specimens of the same type, that he gains the admiration of the reader.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Yet in Delineating the agitation of Ilia, the shame of Cassandra, and the sorrow of Andromache, he reveals also much tenderness of feeling,-the not unusual accompaniment of the manly genius of Rome.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar