oil-and-varnish

Updated: August 5, 2026

You shouldn't let him fill your wife's mind with this oil-and-varnish spirit giving up the piano, the guitar, and that sweeter instrument than all, her own voice. D n the paintings! his long talk on the subject almost makes me sick of everything like a picture.

William Gilmore Simms - Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story