image-breaker

Example Sentences

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The image-breaker is exalted above my Lord Bishop in all his glory of lawn sleeves and piety in uniform by men like Wanless and his friends.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone

Such was his simplicity of speech and manner, such his transparent sincerity, that it was next to impossible to quarrel with the gentle image-breaker.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

I do not know how the remarks of the image-breaker may strike others, but I feel that they put me on my defence with regard to much of my teaching.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

He appeared to be more of an image-breaker than he really was.

From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

He was alternately the worshipper and image-breaker of etiquette, ministerial and opposition party thereof, as his vanity dictated.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich