M. Tulli Ciceronis Ad. M. Brutum Orator

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At the University Press, 1885 - Oratory - 257 pages

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Page 59 - Collocationis est componere et struere verba sic , ut neve asper eorum concursus , neve hiulcus sit, sed quodammodo coagmentatus et levis. In quo lepide soceri mei persona lusit is , qui elegantissime id facere potuit , Lucilius : quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae, omnes arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato ! hanc formam Pideritius cum illa , I.
Page lxxxviii - Hominis autem imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in earn formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius frater Lysippi, de quo diximus. Hie et similitudines reddere instituit ; ante eum quam pulcherrimas facere studebant.
Page 12 - Latinis verbis huius verbi vim vel maximam semper putavi. quem enim nos ineptum vocamus, is mihi videtur ab hoc nomen habere ductum, quod 'non' sit 'aptus', idque in sermonis nostri consuetudine perlate patet. nam qui aut tempus quid postulet non videt aut plura loquitur aut se ostentat aut eorum quibuscum est vel dignitatis vel commodi rationem non habet aut denique in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est, is 'ineptus
Page xiv - Protagora rerum illustrium disputationes, qui nunc 47 communes appellantur loci ; quod idem fecisse Gorgiam, cum singularum rerum laudes vituperationesque conscripsisset, quod iudicaret hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando vituperandoque rursus affligere...
Page 62 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page lxxxviii - Atque ego in summo oratore fingendo talem informabo qualis fortasse nemo fuit. Non enim quaero quis fuerit, sed quid sit illud quo...
Page 52 - Itaque video visum esse nonnullis Platonis et Democriti locutionem, etsi absit a versu, tamen, quod incitatius feratur et clarissimis verborum luminibus utatur, potius poema putandum quam comicorum poetarum, apud quos, nisi quod versiculi sunt, nihil est aliud cotidiani dissimile sermonis.
Page 61 - Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorned adorned the most.
Page 69 - I cannot but imagine the virtuous heroes, legislators, and patriots, of every age and country, are bending from their elevated seats to witness this contest, as if they were incapable, till it be brought to a favourable issue, of enjoying their eternal repose.
Page 50 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...

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