...erected, was thrown down by an earthquake ; but even as it lies, it excites our wonder and admiration.9 Few men can clasp the thumb in their arms, and its...asunder, vast caverns are seen yawning in the interior. "Within it, too, are to bo seen large masses of rock, by the weight of which the artist steadied it...

...be made from a bronze one. Some, however, have been preserved; such is the statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Capitol at Rome; and the celebrated bronze...asunder, vast caverns are seen yawning in the interior" b ;—aad the colossal statue of Minerva Promachus at Athens, made by Phidias from a tenth of the spoils...

...much richer town than Pompeii, and, moreover, was covered with lava instead of cinders and scoria3; hence the ancients were not enabled to remove the...Acropolis, as seen by the spectator when facing the Propylaea. In our cloudy climate, and with our parsimonious ideas of architectural decoration, we can...

...as it lies it excites our wonder and imagination. Few men can clasp the thumb in their arms, and the fingers are larger than most statues. Where the limbs...asunder, vast caverns are seen yawning in the interior. Within, too, are to be seen large masses of rocks, by the aid of which the artist steadied it while...

...wrote Pliny, "it excites our wonder and imagination. Few men can clasp the thumb in their arms, and the fingers are larger than most statues. Where the limbs...asunder, vast caverns are seen yawning in the interior. Within, too, are to be seen large masses of rocks, by the aid of which the artist steadied it while...

...Colossus as follows: This statue was thrown down by an earthquake fifty-six years after it was erected. Few men can clasp the thumb in their arms, and its fingers are larger than most statues. When the limbs are broken asunder vast caverns are seen yawning in the interior. Within it, too, are...