Rydberg, Viktor, 1828-1895 · New York, Putnam · leaf 103
sculptor, so to speak, has wrought in marblethe Greek word by which Augustus hit the chief trait inClaudiuss nature. The word applied to him needs notranslation : when we hear meteoria, we represent toourselves a floating in boundless space, amid clouds andvapors, an irresolute life in empty… … m THE ROMAN EMPERORS IN MARBLE. 63 His is a well formed head, against which from thepoint of view of beauty, one can hardly note anything,but that the oval of the face is somewhat too compressed.The broad forehead is overcast with clouds of melancholy.The eyes disclose with their unsteady, sad and…
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