 The most interesting characteristic of the figure I have so vividly before me is the look of painful thought, which seems to indicate a constant sense of overwhelming responsibilities, honourably felt and bravely borne, yet . . . ever irritating the nerves...  A Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum - Page 94by British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Arthur Hamilton Smith - 1908 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Merivale - 1862 - 696 pages
...character, in a voluptuous age which delighted in the culture of flowing or frizzled A. a. seo locks. But the most interesting characteristic of the figure...responsibilities, honourably felt and bravely borne, yet, notwithstanding much assumed cheerfulness and selfabandonment, ever irritating the nerves, and weighing... | |
 | Charles Merivale - 1862 - 756 pages
...the culture of flowing or frizzled A. v. seo locks. But the most interesting characteristic of ~868' the figure I have so vividly before me, is the look...responsibilities, honourably felt and bravely borne, yet, notwithstanding much assumed cheerfulness and selfabandonment, ever irritating the nerves, and weighing... | |
 | 1863 - 530 pages
...destinies of the empire, and the petty cares of daily life throughout its remotest recesses, bear ' the look of painful thought, which ' seems to indicate a constant sense of overwhelming responsi' bilities honourably felt and bravely borne ; yet, notwithstand' ing much assumed cheerfulness... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1899 - 256 pages
...infamy. A characteristic bust, brought from Athens. 15. Trajan, soldier, statesman, and administrator. ' The most interesting characteristic of the figure...a head of Titus, the captor of Jerusalem, and two unknown portraits. 17, 18, two busts, and 23, a statue, are portraits of Hadrian, skilled administrator,... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1903 - 848 pages
...man's character in a voluptuous age, which delighted in the culture of flowing or frizzled locks. But the most interesting characteristic of the figure...responsibilities, honourably felt and bravely borne, yet, notwithstanding much assumed cheerfulness and selfabandonment, ever irritating the nerves and weighing... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1908 - 284 pages
...Assassinated, 44 BC A striking bust of 'Cfesar with the falcon eyes' (Dante). (Plate XVI, fig. 1.). The scanty hair is brought to the front. It is mentioned...portraits. No. 1961 has been identified as Mark Antony. observed that Hadrian is the first bearded figure. His biographer, Spartian, suggests that he allowed... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1908 - 1060 pages
...Jerusalem. On the wall above, 2299. A graceful frieze of recumbent Amazons, from the cover of a sarcophagus. 1893. Trajan, soldier, statesman, and administrator....conscience ' (Merivale). Against the pilaster are a second head of Titus and two portraits. No. 1961 has been identified as Mark Antony. 1896, 1897, two... | |
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