The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4G. Bell, 1890 |
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... wish , indeed , that you were willing to promote any popular measure ; for , at present , 1 This was the name of a legion raised by Cæsar in Gaul , and caited so , probably , from the ornament worn on their helmet . all the citizens ...
... wish , indeed , that you were willing to promote any popular measure ; for , at present , 1 This was the name of a legion raised by Cæsar in Gaul , and caited so , probably , from the ornament worn on their helmet . all the citizens ...
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... wish that , as you avoid that fault , you had been able also to escape all suspicion of it . XIV . What I am more afraid of is lest , being ignorant of the true path to glory , you should think it glorious for you to have more power by ...
... wish that , as you avoid that fault , you had been able also to escape all suspicion of it . XIV . What I am more afraid of is lest , being ignorant of the true path to glory , you should think it glorious for you to have more power by ...
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... wish , O Antonius , that you could recollect your grand . father , of whom , however , you have repeatedly heard me speak . Do you think that he would have been willing to deserve even immortality , at the price of being feared in ...
... wish , O Antonius , that you could recollect your grand . father , of whom , however , you have repeatedly heard me speak . Do you think that he would have been willing to deserve even immortality , at the price of being feared in ...
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... wish to con- tend with me in a rivalry of eloquence ? This , indeed , is an act of generosity ; for what could be a more fertile or richer subject for me , than to have to speak in defence of myself , and against Antonius ? This , in ...
... wish to con- tend with me in a rivalry of eloquence ? This , indeed , is an act of generosity ; for what could be a more fertile or richer subject for me , than to have to speak in defence of myself , and against Antonius ? This , in ...
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... wish , O Cnæus Pom- peius , that you had either never joined in a confederacy with Caius Cæsar , or else that you had never broken it off . The one conduct would have become your dignity , and the other would have been suited to your ...
... wish , O Cnæus Pom- peius , that you had either never joined in a confederacy with Caius Cæsar , or else that you had never broken it off . The one conduct would have become your dignity , and the other would have been suited to your ...
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