The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero: Arranged According to Its Chronological Order, Volume 1 |
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appears atque Atticus autem Boot brother Caesar called Catiline causa Cicero CICERO ATTICO Clodius codd consul correspondence eius enim erit esse esset etiam expression feeling friends fuit give given Greek haec homines illa illo illud interest Italy letters litteras Marcus means meis mentioned Metellus mihi modo neque nihil nobis nunc omnia omnis passage passed perhaps Plautus Pompey possibly probably publica quae quam quibus quid quidem Quintus quod quoted reason rebus refers Reid Roman Rome says scribis seems senatus sense sibi sine speech suggests sunt suppose tamen tibi tribunes tuis vero writing written
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Page 289 - Or ruminate in the contiguous shade. Thither the household feathery people crowd, The crested cock, with all his female train, Pensive, and dripping ; while the...
Page 8 - On y voit notamment que ce prétendu homme d'État n'était qu'un égoïste et un myope, et que ce grand écrivain ne se compose que d'un feuilletoniste et d'un avocat. Voilà bien la même plume qui vient d'appeler Caton un don Quichotte et Pompée un caporal. Comme il est toujours préoccupé du présent dans ses études du passé, on dirait qu'il poursuit dans l'aristocratie romaine les hobereaux de la Prusse et qu'il salue d'avance dans César ce despote populaire dont la main ferme peut seule...
Page 26 - ... edidi ! It was then that Hortensius, feeling that no panel could fail to convict Clodius, hit on the expedient of facilitating matters, and obviating the hostility of the tribune Fufius, by giving up the consular bill, which empanelled a jury to be chosen by the praetor, and allowing Fufius to propose a bill providing that the jury should be chosen by lot out of the decuriae. This was of course the ordinary practice ; and it is clear that the consular rogation, iu providing a panel chosen by...