 | Nathaniel Hooke - 1830 - 548 pagine
...elegance. Cicero ranks him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred ; and Quintilian, 10. 1. says, " that he spoke with the same force with which he fought ; and, if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of mailing Cicero."— His... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pagine
...together, strength and elegance : Cicero ranks him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred ; and Quintilian says, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought ; and if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero. Nor... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pagine
...together, strength and elegance. Cicero ranks him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred: and Quintilian says, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought; and if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivaling Cicero. 3. Nor... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1833 - 294 pagine
...greatly admired for two qualities seldom found together, strength and elegance. QuintUian soys of him, that he spoke with the same force -with which he fought ; and that if he had devoted himself to the bar b« would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero.... | |
 | Conyers Middleton - 1837 - 802 pagine
...together, strength and elegance : Cicero ranks him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred : and Quintilian says, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought; and if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero. Nor... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Butler - 1839 - 60 pagine
...Commentaries will be read and admired, so long as cultivated taste shall continue to exist. It is said of him, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought ; and that had he applied himself to oratory he would have been the only man in Rome capable of rivalling Cicero.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagine
...strength and elegance. Cicero rank« him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred ; and Quintiliau ting and delightful beyond all expression ; so that, even in the de if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero. Nor... | |
 | Robert Benjamin Lewis - 1844 - 414 pagine
...strength and elegance. Cicero ranks him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred; and Quinctilian says, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought; and if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero. Nor... | |
 | William Dobson - 1845 - 204 pagine
...together — strength and elegance. Cicero ranks him among the greatest orators that Rome ever bred ; and Quintilian says, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought ; and if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero. Nor... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 300 pagine
...arms, &c.. contributed to increase his popularity , and insure his success. Of his forensic abili- 77 ties, Quintilian says, that he spoke with the same...it, was capable of rivaling Cicero in eloquence. 34. Stibines : Ligarius seems to have been a Sabine. 7. Veste mulata: During the trial, the defendant and... | |
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Quintilian says, that he spoke with the same force with which he fought ; and if he had devoted himself to the bar, would have been the only man capable of rivalling Cicero. 
