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Pyle   /paɪl/   Listen
Pyle

noun
1.
United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911).  Synonym: Howard Pyle.



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"Pyle" Quotes from Famous Books



... [Fol. 48b.]] [Sidenote: The words of Solomon.] The ry[gh]twys man also sertayn Aproche he schal {a}t proper pyle, at take[gh] not her lyf in vayne Ne glauere[gh] her nie[gh]bor wyth no gyle; 688 Of ys ry[gh]t-wys sa[gh][28] salamon playn, How kyntly oure con aquyle By waye[gh] ful stre[gh]t he con hym strayn, & scheued hy{m} e rengne of god a whyle, 692 As quo says "lo [gh]on louely yle, {o}u may hit ...
— Early English Alliterative Poems - in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century • Various

... western wall devoted to the minor forms of art, Howard Pyle's illustrations occupy two small rooms, 41 and 42. The first contains ink sketches, the second his works in characteristic color. Room 40 is devoted to admirable miniatures and to water colors. Here on the east wall are Jules Guerin's vividly colored ...
— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber

... and deeds of Sir Launcelot, fully and beautifully illustrated in Mr. Pyle's characteristic style, and uniform with his other two books, "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" and "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table." This book takes up the adventures of the greatest of the Arthurian heroes, from the very ...
— Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy • Frank Richard Stockton

... about twenty-one years of age, full black, and medium size. As he had been worked hard on poor fare, he concluded to leave, in company with his brother and two cousins, leaving his parents in slavery, owned by the "Widow Pyle," who was also the owner of himself. "She was upwards of eighty, very passionate and ill-natured, although a member of the Presbyterian Church." ...
— The Underground Railroad • William Still

... dyynge toe! Soe falles the fayrest flourettes of the playne. Who canne unplyte the wurchys heaven can doe, Or who untweste the role of shappe yn twayne? AElla, thie rennome was thie onlie gayne; 1240 For yatte, thie pleasaunce, & thie joie was loste. Thie countrymen shall rere thee, on the playne, A pyle of carnes, as anie grave can boaste; Further, a just amede to thee to bee, Inne heaven thou synge of Godde, on erthe we'lle synge of ...
— The Rowley Poems • Thomas Chatterton



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