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Pagina xiv
... fact , the very same qualities , an ardent imagination , a fertile invention , and grandeur and elevation of style . Thus , for example , the genius of Demosthenes was essentially tragic , and he appears as much of a poet as an orator ...
... fact , the very same qualities , an ardent imagination , a fertile invention , and grandeur and elevation of style . Thus , for example , the genius of Demosthenes was essentially tragic , and he appears as much of a poet as an orator ...
Pagina xx
... facts in the case , the judges , without the aid of witnesses , divined as it were what was proper to be done.1 H. But , Doctor , did you mean to be understood as saying , that only one of the orations against Verres was ever pronounced ...
... facts in the case , the judges , without the aid of witnesses , divined as it were what was proper to be done.1 H. But , Doctor , did you mean to be understood as saying , that only one of the orations against Verres was ever pronounced ...
Pagina xxi
... fact , respected virtue suffi- ciently , not to offer it any open outrage or insult , but he never loved it enough to sacrifice to it in secret . Hence arose that profound dissimu- lation , in which he always enveloped himself , and ...
... fact , respected virtue suffi- ciently , not to offer it any open outrage or insult , but he never loved it enough to sacrifice to it in secret . Hence arose that profound dissimu- lation , in which he always enveloped himself , and ...
Pagina xxx
... fact Cicero's own opinion , that an almost universal knowledge is essen- tially requisite to perfection in oratory ; the latter , who was a mere 1. An account of the whole controversy may be seen in Dunlop , Rom . Lit. vol . 2 , p . 366 ...
... fact Cicero's own opinion , that an almost universal knowledge is essen- tially requisite to perfection in oratory ; the latter , who was a mere 1. An account of the whole controversy may be seen in Dunlop , Rom . Lit. vol . 2 , p . 366 ...
Pagina xxxii
... fact , an extract from that of Aristotle on the same subject , accompanied by a commentary from the pen of Cicero , the whole being amalgamated into one treatise . It was prepared for the use of Trebatius , the eminent lawyer , and ...
... fact , an extract from that of Aristotle on the same subject , accompanied by a commentary from the pen of Cicero , the whole being amalgamated into one treatise . It was prepared for the use of Trebatius , the eminent lawyer , and ...
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Pagina 163 - 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.
Pagina 201 - 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 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.