Selected orations and letters of CiceroScott, Foresman, 1899 - 797 pagine |
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Pagina 14
... people , the rottenness of the aris racy , the insufficiency of the old constitution . He short - sighted , hesitating , by turns lenient to weakness , harsh to cruelty . He was easily swayed by circumstan and often the tool of ...
... people , the rottenness of the aris racy , the insufficiency of the old constitution . He short - sighted , hesitating , by turns lenient to weakness , harsh to cruelty . He was easily swayed by circumstan and often the tool of ...
Pagina 15
... people , revealing the writer's most personal relations and thoughts with the most transparent and en- gaging candor . Many of the letters of his correspondents , too are preserved among them , and add still more , if possi- ble , to ...
... people , revealing the writer's most personal relations and thoughts with the most transparent and en- gaging candor . Many of the letters of his correspondents , too are preserved among them , and add still more , if possi- ble , to ...
Pagina 17
... people , he devoted himself with all his might to the study of oratory , which was then , even more than law is now , the gateway to a political career . The best teachers of rhetoric — and they were chiefly Greeks were his ; but he ...
... people , he devoted himself with all his might to the study of oratory , which was then , even more than law is now , the gateway to a political career . The best teachers of rhetoric — and they were chiefly Greeks were his ; but he ...
Pagina 18
... form resolution to stay in the city as much as possible , a and work under the eyes of the people . Conseq while the slave war raged in Italy , while the pirates the power of Rome upon the seas , while Lucullus 18 LIFE OF CICERO .
... form resolution to stay in the city as much as possible , a and work under the eyes of the people . Conseq while the slave war raged in Italy , while the pirates the power of Rome upon the seas , while Lucullus 18 LIFE OF CICERO .
Pagina 21
... people from the rostra , though there had been no lack of politics in his speeches for Roscius and against Verres . The bill was 24 carried , and the successful termination of the war seemed to vindicate the policy of Cicero , who ...
... people from the rostra , though there had been no lack of politics in his speeches for Roscius and against Verres . The bill was 24 carried , and the successful termination of the war seemed to vindicate the policy of Cicero , who ...
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āre ātis back Bona Dea bring Brundisium Caesar called case Catilina causa charge Cicero Cicero's citizens city clause Clodius comitia common consul consulship course courts death eius ellipse Epirus esset Etruria explain family name first force form found friends gentile name give given good great Hence ille Italy iudices latter life little Macedonia made make meaning means mihi Milo mood Murena neque nihil note notice number office omnibus one's ōnis order ōris pass people phrase place political Pompeius position praetor rei publicae right Roman Rome same second see Exc see Map see on Ep see on Mur senate senatus sense Sest Sestius sine slaves speech state subj subst Sulla take taken tamen tense Thessalonica thought three time tion title trial tribune turn umquam used were word words year
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Pagina 239 - Omnis homines, Patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia, vacuos esse decet.
Pagina 77 - I pray,' in interrogative and imperative sentences is the sign of intense feeling. abutere, ' use up,' ' exhaust ' (not 'abuse,' 'misuse'); observe the quantity of penult and thus determine tense. 2. etiam, ' still,' in temporal meaning. 3. Nihilne, an emphatic nonne. Note the repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses instead of a connective : it is called anaphora. 4. Palati, mons Palatinus. This hill was the original seat of Rome, and remained a point of great strategic...
Pagina 545 - ... est igitur haec, iudices, non scripta, sed nata lex, quam non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, ad quam non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus...