Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 154
mpted to imitate her, but m caricature, and alwayspurposely taking the wrong way. It appears to me, hereobjected Socrates, that for tumblers to leap through a hoopmars the character of a gay and joyous festival, and, indeed,it is difficult to understand what pleasure there can be inwitnessing such… … Another Scene. the flute, attired in the elegant costume of the Graces, theSeasons, or the Nymphs, well and good, the picture is asimple and a pleasing one. Many of the feats and perilous leaps alluded to aboveare represented upon vases, sculptured stones, or otherancient relics which have been…
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