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Pagina xvi
... speaking ; and , on the other hand , the most eloquent orator could not remain a stranger to the art of war . Every young man , des- tined for the movements of the bar , had to commence by making some campaigns abroad , and Cicero made ...
... speaking ; and , on the other hand , the most eloquent orator could not remain a stranger to the art of war . Every young man , des- tined for the movements of the bar , had to commence by making some campaigns abroad , and Cicero made ...
Pagina xviii
... speak of losses far more serious and deplorable . Let us go on meanwhile with the biography of our orator . - Cicero had attained the quaestorship at the age of thirty , an office forming the first step in the ascent to consular honours ...
... speak of losses far more serious and deplorable . Let us go on meanwhile with the biography of our orator . - Cicero had attained the quaestorship at the age of thirty , an office forming the first step in the ascent to consular honours ...
Pagina 138
... speaking , used , together with its derivatives , in reference to the person addressed . Thus , iste locus , " that place where you are ; " ista verba , " those words which you uttered . " When Cicero addressed his antagonist , in any ...
... speaking , used , together with its derivatives , in reference to the person addressed . Thus , iste locus , " that place where you are ; " ista verba , " those words which you uttered . " When Cicero addressed his antagonist , in any ...
Pagina 145
... speaking , are used with a dative of external resemblance ; but with a genitive of resemblance in nature or internal constitution . ( Zumpt . L. G. p . 270. Kenrick's transl . ) 1. Obsessus . " Beset . " From obsido , ĕre . Cicero had ...
... speaking , are used with a dative of external resemblance ; but with a genitive of resemblance in nature or internal constitution . ( Zumpt . L. G. p . 270. Kenrick's transl . ) 1. Obsessus . " Beset . " From obsido , ĕre . Cicero had ...
Pagina 149
... speaking , the wall of a city ; moenia , battle- ments , or fortifications ; paries , the wall of a house . ( Crombie Gymn . vol . 1 , p . 2 . ) - Nobiscum versari diutius . " To remain any longer among us . " Literally , " to be ...
... speaking , the wall of a city ; moenia , battle- ments , or fortifications ; paries , the wall of a house . ( Crombie Gymn . vol . 1 , p . 2 . ) - Nobiscum versari diutius . " To remain any longer among us . " Literally , " to be ...
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Pagina 50 - ... judices, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut voluptas avocarjt aut denique somnus retardant ? Quare quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi jure succenseat, si quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas...
Pagina 461 - ... the proscribed, whereupon Catiline entered the dwelling of the unfortunate man, exhausted upon his person all the refinements of cruelty and insult, and having at last put an end to his existence, carried his bloody head in triumph through the streets of Rome, and brought it to Sylla as he sat on his tribunal in the forum. When this was done, the murderer washed his hands in the lustral water at the door of Apollo's temple, which stood in the immediate vicinity.
Pagina xxiii - He deplored his faU in the most desponding and lamentable terms. He complained of false friends, of an ungrateful country, of the utter ruin of all his worldly prospects. .His friends were forced to admonish him sometimes to rouse his courage, and remember his former character. Nay, to such an extent was this feeling carried, that Atticus even wrote him word, of a report having reached the Roman capital, that his affliction had disordered his senses.
Pagina 217 - Quinc. 19.), he was summoned (evocabatur) three times, with an interval of ten days between each summons, by the voice of a herald, or by letters, or by the edict of the praetor ; and if he still did not appear (se rum sisteret), the prosecutor was put in possession of his effects (in bona ejvs miltebatur).
Pagina 412 - For a long time before the day of election, the candidates endeavoured to gain the favour of the people by every popular art, by going round to their houses, shaking hands with those whom they met, saluting every one by name, &c. This last was esteemed a...
Pagina 199 - The Saturnalia or festival of Saturn, was the most celebrated in the Roman Calendar. It took place in the month of December, beginning on the .7th and lasting for several days. At first it was for one day, afterward for three, (which was the case in Cicero's time,) and by the order of Caligula for five days. During its continuance, all orders were devoted to mirth and feasting, friends sent presents to one another, and the slaves were entertained, and even waited upon by their masters.
Pagina 211 - Lectisternium took place, couches being spread for the gods, as if about to feast, and their statues being taken down from their pedestals and placed upon these couches around the altars, which were loaded with the richest dishes.
Pagina 177 - On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions (pulvini, v. -t//0, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent...