"Ambrosian" Quotes from Famous Books
... in bronze of the Phidian Jupiter, with the sublime expanse of brow, the ambrosian curls and the beard loosely waving, as when he shook Olympus by his nod, and the earth trembled and the depth of Tartarus, stood on a marble pedestal facing the bookcase; and on the table, beside writing materials, leaves of parchment, an ornamental letter-case, ... — The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) • Henry William Herbert |