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Pagina iii
Marcus Tullius Cicero. то HIS FRIEND , J. N. REYNOLDS , ESQ . AS A TESTIMONIAL OF REGARD FOR TALENT , INTEGRITY , AND DECISION OF CHARACTER , THIS WORK IS SINCERELY INSCRIBED , BY THE EDITOR . PREFACE . THE present edition of Cicero ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero. то HIS FRIEND , J. N. REYNOLDS , ESQ . AS A TESTIMONIAL OF REGARD FOR TALENT , INTEGRITY , AND DECISION OF CHARACTER , THIS WORK IS SINCERELY INSCRIBED , BY THE EDITOR . PREFACE . THE present edition of Cicero ...
Pagina xi
... friend Copleston of Oriel used to sit , and discourse of " high philosophy , " before he was transferred to that more elevated sphere of action , which he honours by his talents , and adorns by his numerous virtues . God grant , my zi ...
... friend Copleston of Oriel used to sit , and discourse of " high philosophy , " before he was transferred to that more elevated sphere of action , which he honours by his talents , and adorns by his numerous virtues . God grant , my zi ...
Pagina xii
... friend , although I can never hope to attain to that lofty superiority , which has been reached by the eminent individual whose name you have just mentioned . - Let us proceed , now , my dear Doctor , to Cicero . Dr. B. Marcus Tullius ...
... friend , although I can never hope to attain to that lofty superiority , which has been reached by the eminent individual whose name you have just mentioned . - Let us proceed , now , my dear Doctor , to Cicero . Dr. B. Marcus Tullius ...
Pagina xiii
... friend , of the difference of opinion which exists in relation to the poetry of Cicero , and that it is very much the fashion with modern scholars to deny him any merit in this species of writing . He has been often ridiculed on account ...
... friend , of the difference of opinion which exists in relation to the poetry of Cicero , and that it is very much the fashion with modern scholars to deny him any merit in this species of writing . He has been often ridiculed on account ...
Pagina xiv
... friend Dr. Wynter , of St. John's College , recommended you to read , has given you a very low opinion of Voltaire's general accuracy , and I confess , that , in matters of real scholarship , his authority is of no weight whatever . As ...
... friend Dr. Wynter , of St. John's College , recommended you to read , has given you a very low opinion of Voltaire's general accuracy , and I confess , that , in matters of real scholarship , his authority is of no weight whatever . As ...
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Pagina 54 - 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. Qua re suo iure noster ille Ennius sanctos appellat poe'tas, quod quasi deorum aliquo dono atque munere 19 commendati nobis esse videantur.
Pagina 54 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.
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.