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Page vii
... natural that such preceptors should be strongly averse to bestowing too much assistance upon their pupils ; and perhaps it is lucky for the latter that such a state of things should exist ; but certainly , for the credit of our common ...
... natural that such preceptors should be strongly averse to bestowing too much assistance upon their pupils ; and perhaps it is lucky for the latter that such a state of things should exist ; but certainly , for the credit of our common ...
Page xxxvii
... Natural Philosophy . H. Who appoints the speaker , Doctor ? Dr. B. The Dean of Christ - Church . - I will now read from the West- minster : " Cicero was the first of the second order of great minds . An extraordinary variety of talent ...
... Natural Philosophy . H. Who appoints the speaker , Doctor ? Dr. B. The Dean of Christ - Church . - I will now read from the West- minster : " Cicero was the first of the second order of great minds . An extraordinary variety of talent ...
Page xxxviii
... natural weakness of Cicero's mind , the want of great and solid prin ciples of conduct , as well as his timidity , was not only ruinous to the state , but embittered the whole of his life . In the conflict of public affairs , the real ...
... natural weakness of Cicero's mind , the want of great and solid prin ciples of conduct , as well as his timidity , was not only ruinous to the state , but embittered the whole of his life . In the conflict of public affairs , the real ...
Page 137
... nature , threatening the life of every one present ; the whole course of his villanies and treasons , blazoned forth with the fire of incensed eloquence ; and the adjuration to him , by fleeing from Rome , to free his country from such ...
... nature , threatening the life of every one present ; the whole course of his villanies and treasons , blazoned forth with the fire of incensed eloquence ; and the adjuration to him , by fleeing from Rome , to free his country from such ...
Page 142
... nature armed the consuls with dictatorial power for the time being , and , by virtue of it , they could put to death whomsoever they pleased , without the formality of a trial . ( Compare Sallust , Cat . c . 29 , and Plutarch , Vit ...
... nature armed the consuls with dictatorial power for the time being , and , by virtue of it , they could put to death whomsoever they pleased , without the formality of a trial . ( Compare Sallust , Cat . c . 29 , and Plutarch , Vit ...
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Page 120 - ... solos sapientes esse, si distortissimi sint, formosos ; si mendicissimi, divites ; si servitutem serviant, reges : nos autem, qui sapientes non sumus, fugitivos, exsules, hostes, insanos denique esse dicunt : omnia peccata esse paria : omne delictum scelus esse nefarium, nee minus delinquere eum, qui gallum gallinaceum, cum opus non fuerit, quam eum, qui patrem suffocaverit : sapientem nihil opinari, nullius rei paenitere, nulla in re falli, sententiam mutare numquam.
Page xxix - Dr. B. The attendants, as soon as the soldiers appeared, prepared themselves for action, being resolved to defend their master's life at the hazard of their own ; but Cicero commanded them to set down the litter in which they were conveying him, and to make no resistance...
Page 52 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.
Page 161 - A silver eagle, with expanded wings, on the top of a spear, sometimes holding a thunderbolt in its claws, with the figure of a small chapel above it, Dio. xl. 18., was the common standard of the legion, at least after the time of Marius, for before that the figures of other animals were used, Plin.
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Page 518 - Commentaries on the Gallic War, and the First Book of the Greek Paraphrase; with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Plans of Battles, Sieges, &c., and Historical, Geographical, and Archieological Indexes.