The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4G. Bell, 1890 |
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Page 124
... rule over all nations . Matters are now come to a crisis . We are fighting for our freedom . Either you must conquer , O Romans , which indeed you will do if you continue to act with such piety and such unanimity , or you must do ...
... rule over all nations . Matters are now come to a crisis . We are fighting for our freedom . Either you must conquer , O Romans , which indeed you will do if you continue to act with such piety and such unanimity , or you must do ...
Page 228
... rule . Recollect , I entreat you , in the name of the immortal gods , O conscript fathers , what we have been fearing for the last two days , in consequence of in- famous rumours carefully disseminated by enemies within the walls . Who ...
... rule . Recollect , I entreat you , in the name of the immortal gods , O conscript fathers , what we have been fearing for the last two days , in consequence of in- famous rumours carefully disseminated by enemies within the walls . Who ...
Page 256
... rules of art , and handled with due care and deliberation , then at length we may pro- ceed to arrange the remaining portions of our speech . And these portions appear to us to be in all six ; the exordium , the relation of the fact ...
... rules of art , and handled with due care and deliberation , then at length we may pro- ceed to arrange the remaining portions of our speech . And these portions appear to us to be in all six ; the exordium , the relation of the fact ...
Page 261
... rules which may apply to both in common . An exordium ought to have a great deal of sententiousness and gravity in it , and altogether to embrace all things which have a reference to dignity ; because that is the most de sirable effect ...
... rules which may apply to both in common . An exordium ought to have a great deal of sententiousness and gravity in it , and altogether to embrace all things which have a reference to dignity ; because that is the most de sirable effect ...
Page 262
... rules , which effects no one of those , objects for the sake of which the rules concerning exordiums have been handed down . This is the sort of blunder which renders him who hears it neither well disposed to one , nor inclined to ...
... rules , which effects no one of those , objects for the sake of which the rules concerning exordiums have been handed down . This is the sort of blunder which renders him who hears it neither well disposed to one , nor inclined to ...
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