The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero: Arranged According to Its Chronological Order, Volume 1Hodges, Figgis & Company, 1904 |
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... sense the accredited successor of Gracchus or Saturninus , of Sulpicius or Cinna . It was not till the year 691 ( 63 ) that Catiline came forward as a popular champion . The chief charge which Cicero brought against him as his opponent ...
... sense the accredited successor of Gracchus or Saturninus , of Sulpicius or Cinna . It was not till the year 691 ( 63 ) that Catiline came forward as a popular champion . The chief charge which Cicero brought against him as his opponent ...
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... sense of the term , ' a ' thorough dabbler , ' who was nothing but an advocate , and not a good one . " * In estimating the character of Cicero , and his relations with the men of his time - especially the man of his time , Caesar - the ...
... sense of the term , ' a ' thorough dabbler , ' who was nothing but an advocate , and not a good one . " * In estimating the character of Cicero , and his relations with the men of his time - especially the man of his time , Caesar - the ...
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... sense the organiser . But , say the detractors , he defended Roscius and Cornelius , and , at any rate , thought of defending Catiline ; ergo he sought the support of the democrats . Now he gained his object without this support . Ergo ...
... sense the organiser . But , say the detractors , he defended Roscius and Cornelius , and , at any rate , thought of defending Catiline ; ergo he sought the support of the democrats . Now he gained his object without this support . Ergo ...
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... sense the leader of the popular party . But neither was Catiline . Until he failed in his suit for the consulship of 691 ( 63 ) , and seemed about to fail for that of 692 ( 62 ) , he does not seem to have even conceived the idea of an ...
... sense the leader of the popular party . But neither was Catiline . Until he failed in his suit for the consulship of 691 ( 63 ) , and seemed about to fail for that of 692 ( 62 ) , he does not seem to have even conceived the idea of an ...
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... sense , as applied to the cold man of the world , devoid alike of beliefs and enthusiasms , is perhaps , of all words in our language , the one least applicable to the character of Cicero . Perhaps snarling con- sular ' would express ...
... sense , as applied to the cold man of the world , devoid alike of beliefs and enthusiasms , is perhaps , of all words in our language , the one least applicable to the character of Cicero . Perhaps snarling con- sular ' would express ...
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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...