poulticelike

Thus he suggested beginning with Milton — “My own choice would tend to include the final scene of ‘Paradise Lost,’ ” he wrote, “with what is probably the most poignant moment in all our literature coming at lines 624-6” — before running through Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Eric Ambler and, finally, a poulticelike application of light comedies by P. G. Wodehouse and Peter De Vries.

Your Brain Is Going to Fall Out of Your Head - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

Thus he suggested beginning with Milton — “My own choice would tend to include the final scene of ‘Paradise Lost,’ ” he wrote, “with what is probably the most poignant moment in all our literature coming at lines 624-6” — before running through Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Eric Ambler and, finally, a poulticelike application of light comedies by P. G. Wodehouse and Peter De Vries.

Your Brain Is Going to Fall Out of Your Head - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

But when Ms. Beck puts down her weapons and picks up her paintbrush, she has a healing touch - applying poulticelike layers of warming color, or making short, deft strokes that might be stitches.

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