The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.


Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917)

Joseph Addison Quotes

The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.

The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.

The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.

The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.