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the picture of something
a very good representation of a condition or an attitude. Except for a little arthritis, my mother is the picture of health. He seemed the picture of confidence.
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Baynes buried his face in his hands and rocked back and forth as the hideous picture of her fate burned itself into his consciousness.
In looking round upon the other pieces, I remarked a pretty sketch of Linden-hope from the top of the hill; another view of the old hall basking in the sunny haze of a quiet summer afternoon; and a simple but striking little picture of a child brooding, with looks of silent but deep and sorrowful regret, over a handful of withered flowers, with glimpses of dark low hills and autumnal fields behind it, and a dull beclouded sky above.
She had opened the postern gate in the wall, and through the narrow opening was framed a wonderful picture of the Cornish sea, rolling into the rock-studded bay.
 
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