At last the work was done, and the artist had the great statue set up in the public square of Dusseldorf, ready for the opening view. The Elector came on the appointed day, and with him came his favorite courtiers from the castle. Then the statue was unveiled. It was very beautiful,-- so beautiful that the prince exclaimed in surprise. He could not look enough, and presently he turned to the artist and shook hands with him, like an old friend. "Herr Grupello," he said, "you are a great artist, and this statue will make your fame even greater than it is; the portrait of me is perfect!"英文原著 · 《How To Tell Stories To Children》
What audacity of thought! what virtue! what soul! At the port over there is a statue of Empedocles, before which I bare my head each time that I pass by! When Rafael, my son, was going away to found an establishment of antiquities in the Rue Lafitte, at Paris, I took him to the port, and there, at the foot of that statue of Empedocles, I bestowed upon him my paternal benediction! 'Always remember Empedocles!' I said to him. Signor, what our unhappy country needs to-day is a new Empedocles! Would you not like me to show you the way to his statue, Excellence?英文原著 · 《The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard》
"Plaster!" cried the master-sculptor, looking intently at that part of the hair of the statue which lay lowest on the forehead. "Plaster here!" He took out his penknife as he spoke, and removed a tiny morsel of some white substance from an interstice between two folds of the hair where it touched the face. "It _is_ plaster!" he exclaimed, excitedly. "Somebody has been taking a cast from the face of my statue!"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
Gone from Florence; indeed! and that is truly provoking;-- Gone to Milan, it seems; then I go also to Milan. Five days now departed; but they can travel but slowly;-- I quicker far; and I know, as it happens, the home they will go to.-- Why, what else should I do? Stay here and look at the pictures, Statues and churches? Alack, I am sick of the statues and pictures!-- No, to Bologna, Parma, Piacenza, Lodi, and Milan, Off go we to-night,--and the Venus go to the Devil!英文原著 · 《Amours de Voyage》
Then Paulina, who had been high all these years in the King's favor, because of her kindness to the dead Queen Hermione, said--"I have a statue made in the likeness of the dead Queen, a piece many years in doing, and performed by the rare Italian master, Giulio Romano. I keep it in a private house apart, and there, ever since you lost your Queen, I have gone twice or thrice a day. Will it please your Majesty to go and see the statue?"英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
And with that she drew back the curtain and showed them the statue. The King gazed and gazed on the beautiful statue of his dead wife, but said nothing.英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
Strangers passing out mini Oscar statues that say, "Best nachos?"美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
And we need our money for essentials, like food and the penguin statue I saw at the dollar store.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Statue of Liberty attempted bombing case needs to come off your plate.美剧 · 《Billions》
The Statue of Liberty attempted bombing case needs to come off your plate.美剧 · 《Billions》