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masterpiece

Originally the piece of work executed by an artist or craftsman on completing his training and becoming a master within his guild. It is now applied to the most outstanding works of an artist's career.



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Lewis Carroll absolutely conquered the difficulties, but I am not sure that anyone after him until Hugh Lofting has really managed the trick; even in such a masterpiece as "The Wind in the Willows" we are not quite convinced.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context
And, in so far as he could direct, he varied not one jot from the details of that vividly conceived masterpiece of hellishness during the twenty years which followed.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
And I have carried on myself upon the tall spars of that Clyde shipbuilder's masterpiece as I have never carried on in a ship before or since.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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