M. T. Ciceronis Orationes quædam selectæ: notis ilustratæ

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sumptibus R. S. David, 1850 - 278 pagine

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Pagina 161 - Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Pagina 180 - On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind the back of the third, with a pillow between each.
Pagina 95 - ... 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. quare suo iure noster ille Ennius sanctos appellat poetas, quod quasi deorum aliquo dono atque munere commendati nobis esse videantur.
Pagina 167 - ... temple of Jupiter in the capitol, where it was not usually held but in times of public alarm. There had been several debates before this on the same subject of Catiline's treasons, and his design of killing the consul ; and a decree had passed at the motion of Cicero, to offer a public reward to the first discoverer of the plot ; if a slave, his liberty, and eight hundred pounds ; if a citizen, his pardon, and sixteen hundred. Yet...
Pagina 95 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.
Pagina 215 - Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries.
Pagina 210 - Having mentioned an instance in which the philosopher confuted the statesman, the author adds, " as in another instance the statesman seems to have got the better of the philosopher.
Pagina 94 - ... judices, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut voluptas avocarjt aut denique somnus retardant ? Quare quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi jure succenseat, si quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas...
Pagina 248 - Pompey : by whose help, or connivance at least, he had acquired all his power; and, in open defiance of him, seized by stratagem, into his hands, the son of king Tigranes, whom Pompey had brought with him from the east, and kept a prisoner at Rome, in the custody of Flavius the praetor ; and, instead of delivering him up, when Pompey demanded him, undertook, for a large sum of money, to give him his liberty, and send him home.

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