The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero: Arranged According to Its Chronological Order, Volume 1Hodges, Figgis & Company, 1904 |
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... letters , which is given at the end of this volume , will ( it is hoped ) preclude any serious misguidance . * Thus Mr. Clement Smith , in the Harvard Studies ( vol . vii . , pp . 71-84 ) , has proved that the order of the early letters ...
... letters , which is given at the end of this volume , will ( it is hoped ) preclude any serious misguidance . * Thus Mr. Clement Smith , in the Harvard Studies ( vol . vii . , pp . 71-84 ) , has proved that the order of the early letters ...
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... Letters of Cicero in their order as written , one may dispense with the labour of telling over again the oft - told tale of Cicero's life . The salient facts are set down in a short summary prefixed to each year of Cicero's ...
... Letters of Cicero in their order as written , one may dispense with the labour of telling over again the oft - told tale of Cicero's life . The salient facts are set down in a short summary prefixed to each year of Cicero's ...
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... letters are by no means so trustworthy might be expected a priori ; and we have among them letters in which one can hardly believe that the expressed sentiment is sincere - for instance , the letter to Antonius ( Att . xiv . 13 b , Ep ...
... letters are by no means so trustworthy might be expected a priori ; and we have among them letters in which one can hardly believe that the expressed sentiment is sincere - for instance , the letter to Antonius ( Att . xiv . 13 b , Ep ...
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... letters to Atticus which we have could not have been published till after the period of Asconius . * xxxvi . 43. Dio Cassius seems not to have read the letters at all . See note on Att . ii . 24 , 2 ( 51 ) , where Dio's extraordinary ...
... letters to Atticus which we have could not have been published till after the period of Asconius . * xxxvi . 43. Dio Cassius seems not to have read the letters at all . See note on Att . ii . 24 , 2 ( 51 ) , where Dio's extraordinary ...
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... letters place Cicero in a favourable light - when , for instance , they show us Caesar suing for his adhesion , and ... letter of Cicero to Paetus shows how much Caesar valued even the lighter efforts of the great consular . - Sed tamen ...
... letters place Cicero in a favourable light - when , for instance , they show us Caesar suing for his adhesion , and ... letter of Cicero to Paetus shows how much Caesar valued even the lighter efforts of the great consular . - Sed tamen ...
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