Orationes quaedam selectae, in usum Delphini, cum interpretatione et historia succincta rerum gestarum et scriptorum M.T. Ciceronis ...Towar & Hogan, 1828 - 367 pages |
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... friends to undertake his defence , in which he succeeded in such a way as to equal their most sanguine expectations . But this glory was not achieved without considerable hazard , and Cicero , to save himself , left Rome and sought an ...
... friends to undertake his defence , in which he succeeded in such a way as to equal their most sanguine expectations . But this glory was not achieved without considerable hazard , and Cicero , to save himself , left Rome and sought an ...
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Marcus Tullius Cicero John G. Smart. and friends , with the expectation , that his election would insure success to ... friend ; but asserted , that he came that very day to his house , to con- sult him on business . Clodius , however ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero John G. Smart. and friends , with the expectation , that his election would insure success to ... friend ; but asserted , that he came that very day to his house , to con- sult him on business . Clodius , however ...
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... friends advised him to leave the city , which he did privately in the night . But no sooner was he gone , than a decree of banishment was passed against him . His house was burnt and his goods confiscated . In a short time , however ...
... friends advised him to leave the city , which he did privately in the night . But no sooner was he gone , than a decree of banishment was passed against him . His house was burnt and his goods confiscated . In a short time , however ...
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... friends . In short , I know whom to avoid , but not whom to seek . ' A friend of Cæsar's , at length , whose name was Tribatius , wrote to him , that Cæsar thought he had reason to consider him as a friend , and intended to treat him as ...
... friends . In short , I know whom to avoid , but not whom to seek . ' A friend of Cæsar's , at length , whose name was Tribatius , wrote to him , that Cæsar thought he had reason to consider him as a friend , and intended to treat him as ...
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... friend of Bru- tus , and to have much weight in the administration , as it was es- tablished after Cæsar's death . Fearful of Antony's success , Cicero intended to go with Dolabella to Syria , but was prevailed on by Hir- tius and Pansa ...
... friend of Bru- tus , and to have much weight in the administration , as it was es- tablished after Cæsar's death . Fearful of Antony's success , Cicero intended to go with Dolabella to Syria , but was prevailed on by Hir- tius and Pansa ...
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Page 242 - Est enim, iudices, haec non scripta sed nata lex, quam non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, ad quam non docti sed facti, non instituti sed imbuti sumus.
Page 302 - ... away. Antony, on the other hand, was desirous to have him there, fancying that he would either be frightened into a compliance, which would lessen him with his own party, or, by opposing what was intended, make himself odious to the soldiery ; but as he was absent, the decree passed without any contradiction. The senate met again the next day, when Antony thought fit to absent himself, and leave the stage clear to Cicero * ; who accordingly appeared, and delivered the first of those...
Page 198 - ... both the orator and the audience : for, when Cicero had mounted the rostra, and was ready to perform this last act of his office, the tribune would not suffer...
Page 169 - Sed aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare. Accusatio crimen desiderat, rem ut definiat, hominem ut notet, argumento probet, teste confirmet. Maledictio autem nihil habet propositi, praeter contumeliam ; quae si petulantius jactatur, convicium ; si facetius, urbanitas nominatur.
Page 158 - Ego multos homines excellenti animo ac virtute fuisse et sine doctrina naturae ipsius habitu prope divino per se ipsos et moderatos et graves exstitisse fateor : etiam illud adjungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrina quam sine natura valuisse doctrinam.
Page 7 - In reckoning by sesterces, the Romans had an art which may be understood by these three rules : First : If a numeral noun agree in number, case, and gender, with sestertius, then it denotes so many sestertii — as decem sestertii.
Page 159 - Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimisque accepimus, ceterarum rerum studia et doctrina et praeceptis et arte constare, poetam natura ipsa valere et mentis viribus excitari et quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari.