Thucydides; I never beheld two more venerable old men than the poet and the historian, nor such comely persons as Alcibiades and Antipho ; Socrates was exceedingly like the busts we have of him, his head was bald, his beard bushy, and his stature low... The British Essayists: The Looker-on - Page 114by Alexander Chalmers - 1803Full view - About this book
| 1785 - 612 pages
...fon of Pericles. By the fide of Alcibiades fate Euripidrb, and at AnlipWs left hand fate Thucydidei. I never beheld two more venerable old men than the poet and hillorian, nor foch comely perfons as Alcibiadet anil Antipho. Socrates was exceedingly like the bulis... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1786 - 316 pages
...Antipho the fon of Pericles ; by the fide of Alcibiades fate Euripides, and at AntLpho's left hand fate Thucydides ; I never beheld two more venerable old men than the poet and hiftorian, nor fuch comely perfons as Alcibiades and Antip o : °ocrates was exceedingly like the bufts... | |
| British essayists - 1803 - 278 pages
...that great philosopher in person, who had actually taken his seat in the theatre, and was sitting L3 between Alcibiades and Antipho the son of Pericles;...habit squalid; his vest was of loose drapery, thrown overhis left shoulder afterthe fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be of coarse cloth, made of... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1817 - 432 pages
...me that great philosopher in person, who had actually taken his seat in the theatre, and was sitting between Alcibiades and Antipho the. son of Pericles...of him, his head was bald, his beard bushy, and his statue low ; there was something very deterring in his countenance ; his person was mean and his habit... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 428 pages
...me that great philosopher in person, who had actually taken his seat in the theatre, and was sitting between Alcibiades and Antipho the son of Pericles;...his vest was of loose drapery thrown over his left shoulder after the fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be of coarse cloth, made of black wool... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1822 - 372 pages
...of Pericles ; by the side of Alcibiades sat Euripides, and at Antipho's left hand sat Thucydides : 1 never beheld two more venerable old men than the poet...his vest was of loose drapery, thrown over his left shoulder after the fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be of coarse cloth, made of black wool... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 416 pages
...me that great philosopher in person, who had actually taken his seat in the theatre, and was sitting between Alcibiades and Antipho the son of Pericles;...his person was mean and his habit squalid; his vest of loose drapery thrown over his left shoulder after the fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be... | |
| English essays - 1823 - 380 pages
...and was sitting between Alcibiades and Antipho the son of Pericles ; by the side of Alcibiades sat Euripides, and at Antipho's left hand sate Thucydides...his vest was of loose drapery, thrown over his left shoulder after the fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be of coarse cloth, made of black wool... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 754 pages
...101. oRSERVER. S4-5 between Alcibiades and Antipho the son of Pericles; by the side of Alcibiades sat Euripides, and at Antipho's left hand sate Thucydides...his vest was of loose drapery, thrown over his left shoulder after the fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be of coarse cloth, made of black wool... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 370 pages
...of Pericles; by the side of Alcibiades sat Euripides, and at Antipho's left hand sat Thiicydides : I never beheld two more venerable old men than the...his vest was of loose drapery, thrown over his left shoulder after the fashion of a Spanish Capa, and seemed to be of coarse cloth, made of black wool... | |
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