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Pagina xii
... occasion once to remark , in a public speech , that Rome was under the strongest obligations to this municipium , be- cause two citizens had come forth from it , who had each in his turn pre- served Italy from ruin.2 And Valerius ...
... occasion once to remark , in a public speech , that Rome was under the strongest obligations to this municipium , be- cause two citizens had come forth from it , who had each in his turn pre- served Italy from ruin.2 And Valerius ...
Pagina xx
... occasion arrived for its being flashed forth upon a dazzled auditory . The more I am allowed to look 1. Ascon . in Or . contra Caecil . 2. Dunlop . Rom . Lit. vol . 2 , p 283 , segg . & Id . wid . behind the curtain , and to survey from ...
... occasion arrived for its being flashed forth upon a dazzled auditory . The more I am allowed to look 1. Ascon . in Or . contra Caecil . 2. Dunlop . Rom . Lit. vol . 2 , p 283 , segg . & Id . wid . behind the curtain , and to survey from ...
Pagina xxvi
... occasion offered , and he was compelled to act , he conducted himself in a manner far from discreditable . I will cite you an instance . Pompey , in order to check more effectually the practice of bribery , had procured the passage of a ...
... occasion offered , and he was compelled to act , he conducted himself in a manner far from discreditable . I will cite you an instance . Pompey , in order to check more effectually the practice of bribery , had procured the passage of a ...
Pagina xxxviii
... occasion , and the person , roused all his faculties . He spoke for liberty - the magnitude of the individual danger in which he stood cut off all irresolution , the eyes of the world were on him , the ex- ample of Brutus , glorious at ...
... occasion , and the person , roused all his faculties . He spoke for liberty - the magnitude of the individual danger in which he stood cut off all irresolution , the eyes of the world were on him , the ex- ample of Brutus , glorious at ...
Pagina 138
... of it , might easily make himself master of the rest of the city . Hence the necessity of its being secured on the present occasion . The Palatine hill was Page . the residence of Romulus , and in fact 138 THE FIRST ORATION.
... of it , might easily make himself master of the rest of the city . Hence the necessity of its being secured on the present occasion . The Palatine hill was Page . the residence of Romulus , and in fact 138 THE FIRST ORATION.
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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.