 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...  Stoicism - Page 208by William Wolfe Capes - 1880 - 255 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...from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things — though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should examine them severally, — still, because... | |
 | 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...flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things,—though they are far from being beautiful, in a certain sense,—still, because they come... | |
 | 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...flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things—though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should examine them severally,—still,... | |
 | 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...from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things, though they are far from being beautiful in a certain sense, still, because they come in the course... | |
 | 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...from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things, — though they are far from being beautiful, in a certain sense, — still, because they come in the... | |
 | 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...from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things, though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should examine them severally, still, because they... | |
 | 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...from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things — though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should examine them severally — still; because... | |
 | 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...flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things—though they are far from being beautiful, if a mail should examine them severally,—still,... | |
 | Paul Barron Watson - Emperors - 1884 - 374 pages
...gathering to himself the sweet things of tlris world. All nature appeared to his soul alive with beanty. " Figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open ; and in...from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things — though they are far from being beautiful if a man should examine them severally, still, because... | |
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