The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero: Arranged According to Its Chronological Order, Volume 1Hodges, Figgis & Company, 1904 |
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... quoted , that the more difficult and dangerous was the case to handle , the more fitted it was to supply to the daring advocate a step on the ladder of promotion . The young Roman aspirant to political distinction looked about for some ...
... quoted , that the more difficult and dangerous was the case to handle , the more fitted it was to supply to the daring advocate a step on the ladder of promotion . The young Roman aspirant to political distinction looked about for some ...
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... quoted- Content de la royauté qu'il avait toujours , celle de l'esprit , il ne laissait percer les regrets qu'en de malignes plaisanteries . Ce rôle de frondeur spirituel plaisait à César ; il se délassait d'adulation . Chaque matin on ...
... quoted- Content de la royauté qu'il avait toujours , celle de l'esprit , il ne laissait percer les regrets qu'en de malignes plaisanteries . Ce rôle de frondeur spirituel plaisait à César ; il se délassait d'adulation . Chaque matin on ...
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... quoted verse— ' O fortunatam natam me consule Romam ' is often misunderstood . Its meaning is fixed by a passage in the pro Flacco , 102. The words may be rendered- ' O happy fate of Rome to date Her birthday from my consulate ! ' The ...
... quoted verse— ' O fortunatam natam me consule Romam ' is often misunderstood . Its meaning is fixed by a passage in the pro Flacco , 102. The words may be rendered- ' O happy fate of Rome to date Her birthday from my consulate ! ' The ...
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... quoted below in the text surely implies that he read the treatise , and that with some care . Again , in the Life of Crassus ( c . 13 ) he says ὅμως δὲ ὁ Κικέρων ἐν τινι λόγῳ [ sc . the ἀνέκδοτα ] φανερὸς ἦν Κράσσῳ καὶ Καίσαρι τὴν ...
... quoted below in the text surely implies that he read the treatise , and that with some care . Again , in the Life of Crassus ( c . 13 ) he says ὅμως δὲ ὁ Κικέρων ἐν τινι λόγῳ [ sc . the ἀνέκδοτα ] φανερὸς ἦν Κράσσῳ καὶ Καίσαρι τὴν ...
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... quoting : -τῶν δὲ πλεῖστον δυναμένων τότε τριῶν ἀνδρῶν , Κράσσου μὲν ἄντικρυς Κικέρωνι πολεμοῦντος , Πομπηΐου δὲ θρυπτομένου πρὸς ἀμφοτέρους , Καίσαρος δὲ μέλλοντος εἰς Γαλατίαν ἐξιέναι μετὰ στρατεύματος , ὑπὸ τοῦτον ὑποδὺς ὁ Κικέρων ...
... quoting : -τῶν δὲ πλεῖστον δυναμένων τότε τριῶν ἀνδρῶν , Κράσσου μὲν ἄντικρυς Κικέρωνι πολεμοῦντος , Πομπηΐου δὲ θρυπτομένου πρὸς ἀμφοτέρους , Καίσαρος δὲ μέλλοντος εἰς Γαλατίαν ἐξιέναι μετὰ στρατεύματος , ὑπὸ τοῦτον ὑποδὺς ὁ Κικέρων ...
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Page 285 - 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...