He who wants to look tall on it wears the Cothurnus, and is not a mountain the highest vantage ground that a man can find for the sole of his foot?
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The original is in the Villa belonging to Phinius on the Lake of Larius, and which he calls Cothurnus.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
Allow me to descend from my four-legged Cothurnus, for at present you are forced to look up to me, and from all I have heard of your talents from Pontius, nothing can be more absolutely the reverse of what it ought to be."
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers