... “The sceptres and crowns of those play-actor emperors,” said Sancho, “were never yet pure gold, but only brass foil or tin... 
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
...Take that mask and foil, and come over here...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
...They afford,moreover, a capital foil by which to set off the virtues of the dog...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
..., four small figuresare placed, one in each foil, and two larger ones in the center...
John Ruskin 「Lectures on Architecture and Painting」
...He admires notthe harmony of colouring alone, but he examines by what artifice onecolour is a foil to its neighbour...
Joshua Reynolds 「Seven Discourses on Art」
...It was his technical peculiarity that hecentralized his light and surrounded it by darks as a foil...
John C. Van Dyke 「A Text-Book of the History of Painting」
...The other shoulder was bared, and the black garment was aperfect foil for the whiteness of her perfect skin, her amazing blueeyes, and the pale gold of her hair...
Sewell Peaslee Wright 「Priestess of the Flame」
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