And again, figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open; and in the ripe olives the very circumstance of their being near to rottenness adds a peculiar beauty to the fruit. And the ears of corn bending down, and the lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows... Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Page 248by Paul Barron Watson - 1884 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
| Questions and answers - 1921 - 1154 pages
...art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating. And again, iigs, when they are quite ripe, gape open ; and in the ripe...olives the very circumstance of their being near to rotteness adds a peculiar beauty to the fruit." We must not forget to say, in conclusion, that besides... | |
| Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1864 - 345 pages
...baker's art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating. And again, figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open ; and in...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things — though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1865 - 332 pages
...hardly a parallel, so far as my knowledge goes, in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature :— " Figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open; and in...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things,—though they are far from being beautiful, in a certain... | |
| emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 1869 - 230 pages
...baker's art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating. And again, figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open; and in...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things—though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should... | |
| Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1872 - 524 pages
...something of the "secret meaning in her deeds." This Mr. Arnold thinks almost worthy of Wordsworth : " Figs when they are quite ripe gape open, and in the...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things, though they are far from being beautiful in a certain sense,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1875 - 468 pages
...hardly a parallel, so far as my knowledge goes, in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature : — ' Figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open ; and in...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things, — though they are far from being beautiful, in a certain... | |
| Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1876 - 120 pages
...baker's art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating. And, again, figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open ; and, in...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things, though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - Philosophers, Ancient - 1877 - 370 pages
...instance, the splittings and corrugations on the surface of bread when it has been baked. " And again, figs when they are quite ripe gape open ; and in the...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things — though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should... | |
| William Wolfe Capes - Stoics - 1880 - 276 pages
...the things which are produced according to nature contain something pleasing and attractive ...... Figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open ; and in...lion's eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things .... help to adorn them, and they please the mind ; so that... | |
| Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1880 - 234 pages
...art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating. And again, tigs, when they are quite ripe, gape open; and in the ripe...lion's eyebrows. and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things—though they are far from being beautiful, if a mail should... | |
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