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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- ially 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. ol . 2 , p . 366 ...
... fact Cicero's own opinion , that an almost universal knowledge is essen- ially 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. ol . 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 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...
Pagina 52 - Quare quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi iure suscenseat si, quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas, quantum ad festos dies ludorum celebrandos, quantum ad alias voluptates et ad ipsam requiem animi et corporis conceditur temporum, quantum alii tribuunt tempestivis conviviis, quantum denique alveolo, quantum pilae, tantum mihi egomet ad haec studia recolenda sumpsero?
Pagina 54 - Atque sic a summis hominibus eruditissimisque accepimus, ceterarum rerum studia et doctrina et praeceptis et arte constare; poe'tam 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 commendati nobis esse videantur.
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 7 - Servi mehercle mei si me isto pacto metuerent, ut te metuunt omnes cives tui, domum meam relinquendam putarem : tu tibi urbem non arbitraris ? et, si me meis civibus...
Pagina 188 - bosom-friend," is to be explained by the Roman custom of reclining at meals, already alluded to in a previous part of this commentary (note 14, page 16.) As the guests lay on the couch, the head of the second was in a line with the breast of the first, so that if he wanted to speak with him, especially, if the thing was to be secret, he was obliged to lean upon his bosom, or, as Pliny expresses it,
Pagina 151 - There he threw back his robe, and showed part of the coat of mail, on purpose to point out his danger. The people were incensed, and immediately gathered about him ; the consequence of which was, that Catiline was thrown out again, and Silanus and Murena chosen consuls.