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Roman days (1887)

Rydberg, Viktor, 1828-1895 · New York, Putnam · leaf 86

An illustration from Roman days, 1887, leaf 86
esented by the master hand thatformed his basalt bust in the Capitoline museum. Thehead is turned slightly aside, the brow thunders, the eyeslighten, the fine mouth is pressed wrathfully and scorn-fully together; but one can at once see that this look iscounterfeited or practised: it is still only… … CALIGULA.(BASALT UUST IN IHF, CAPITOLINE GATXERY.) THE ROMAN EMPERORS IN MARBLE. 49 However one may interpret it, Caligulas mentalgrowth was undoubtedly dwarfed in this way. It seemsto me as if this furious worker of violence had through-out his whole life something of the child remaining ;…

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