M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationes with a Commentary, Volume 4Whittaker, 1858 - Oratory, Ancient |
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... great timidity , which however he vehemently denied , as timid people do more than the courageous , is some excuse for his irresolution , insincerity , and duplicity . After being humbled to the dust by his exile and by Caesar's ...
... great timidity , which however he vehemently denied , as timid people do more than the courageous , is some excuse for his irresolution , insincerity , and duplicity . After being humbled to the dust by his exile and by Caesar's ...
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... great merit is that of a writer on oratory , and a writer of orations . He was a perfect master of a difficult art , which he had acquired by great labour , and which he practised to the end of his life . In clearness , fulness , life ...
... great merit is that of a writer on oratory , and a writer of orations . He was a perfect master of a difficult art , which he had acquired by great labour , and which he practised to the end of his life . In clearness , fulness , life ...
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... great deal in the argumentative part which they do not readily apprehend ; a great deal which no commentator explains , or ought to explain ; for if he explained all , his work would be endless , and also useless . It is in such cases ...
... great deal in the argumentative part which they do not readily apprehend ; a great deal which no commentator explains , or ought to explain ; for if he explained all , his work would be endless , and also useless . It is in such cases ...
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... great many will attend carefully , and will be pleased and instructed . Having often made the experiment , I can speak with confidence of its success . I said a few words in the Preface to the first volume about the Notes . There are ...
... great many will attend carefully , and will be pleased and instructed . Having often made the experiment , I can speak with confidence of its success . I said a few words in the Preface to the first volume about the Notes . There are ...
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... great many books , princi- pally German writers on Roman law and Roman constitutional questions , which have not been used in this country , at least for the explanation of Cicero's text . For the reasons which I have mentioned and ...
... great many books , princi- pally German writers on Roman law and Roman constitutional questions , which have not been used in this country , at least for the explanation of Cicero's text . For the reasons which I have mentioned and ...
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Page 328 - Est igitur haec, iudices, 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 166 - Some help themselves with countenance and gesture, and are wise by signs; as Cicero saith of Piso, that when he answered him he fetched one of his brows up to his forehead, and bent the other down to his chin; " respondes, altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio, crudelitatem tibi non placere.
Page 419 - Homines enim ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando. Nihil habet nee fortuna tua majus, quam ut possis, nee natura melius, quam 5 ut velis servare quam plurimos.
Page 708 - Brevis a natura nobis vita data est: at memoria bene redditae vitae sempiterna. Quae si non esset longior quam haec vita, quis esset tam amens qui maximis laboribus et periculis ad summam laudem gloriamque contenderet?
Page 46 - Quis clarioribus viris quodam tempore iucundior, quis turpioribus coniunctior ? quis civis meliorum partium aliquando, quis taetrior hostis huic civitati ? quis in voluptatibus inquinatior, quis in laboribus patientior ? quis in rapacitate avarior, quis in largitione effusior...
Page 267 - Quamquam dissimilis est pecuniae debitio et gratiae. Nam, qui pecuniam dissolvit, statim non habet id quod reddidit ; qui autem debet, is retinet alienum ; gratiam autem et, qui refert, habet et, qui habet, in eo ipso, quod habet, refert.
Page 337 - Milo autem cum in senatu fuisset eo die, quoad senatus est dimissus, domum venit; calceos et vestimenta mutavit; paulisper, dum se uxor, ut fit, comparat, commoratus est, dein profectus id temporis, cum iam Clodius, si quidem eo die Romam venturus erat, redire potuisset.