Select epistles of Cicero and Pliny, with notes by J. EdwardsJ. W. Parker, 1836 - 250 pages |
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... great variety of subjects ; and they are written in a style of the most elegant Latinity . The following Selection has been made with reference to both these points . The elucidation of historical events , the illustration of public ...
... great variety of subjects ; and they are written in a style of the most elegant Latinity . The following Selection has been made with reference to both these points . The elucidation of historical events , the illustration of public ...
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... great service , as Cicero himself allowed , in improving his style , and stripping it of florid redundance . After an absence of two years , he returned to Rome , improved in health and voice , and resumed his duties in the forum ; and ...
... great service , as Cicero himself allowed , in improving his style , and stripping it of florid redundance . After an absence of two years , he returned to Rome , improved in health and voice , and resumed his duties in the forum ; and ...
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... great orator ; for , five years after the expiration of his consulship , he was banished Italy . During the time of his banishment , he did not entirely put in practice those precepts of patience and philosophy he had learnt and ...
... great orator ; for , five years after the expiration of his consulship , he was banished Italy . During the time of his banishment , he did not entirely put in practice those precepts of patience and philosophy he had learnt and ...
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... great part of his Epistles are addressed to Atticus , a Roman Knight , his dearest and most esteemed friend . It is from these letters , prin- cipally , that after - ages have drawn a character of their writer ; which has been ...
... great part of his Epistles are addressed to Atticus , a Roman Knight , his dearest and most esteemed friend . It is from these letters , prin- cipally , that after - ages have drawn a character of their writer ; which has been ...
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... great conspirator . He intended , as well as Cicero , to canvass for the consulship the following year . Cogitabamus , in this sentence , must be con- strued as a present- " we are purposing . " 4 Judices answer somewhat to our Special ...
... great conspirator . He intended , as well as Cicero , to canvass for the consulship the following year . Cogitabamus , in this sentence , must be con- strued as a present- " we are purposing . " 4 Judices answer somewhat to our Special ...
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Page 245 - Adfirmabant autem hanc fuisse summam vel culpae suae vel erroris, quod essent soliti stato die ante lucem convenire carmenque Christo quasi deo dicere secum invicem seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent.
Page 246 - Visa est enim mihi res digna consultatione, maxime propter periclitantium numerum. Multi enim omnis aetatis, omnis ordinis, utriusque sexus etiam, vocantur in periculum et vocabuntur. Neque enim civitates tantum sed vicos etiam atque agros superstitionis istius contagio pervagata est; quae videtur sisti et corrigi posse.
Page 69 - Te vero {лговеcгм scribendi egregiam habere video. Q.uos tu situs, quas naturas rerum et locorum, quos mores, quas gentes, quas pugnas, quem vero ipsum imperatorem habes ! Ego te libenter, ut rogas, quibus rebus vis, adiuvabo et tibi versus, quos rogas, у\айK els 'Авqvas mittam.
Page 246 - Actum, quem debuisti, mi Secunde, in excutiendis causis eorum, qui Christiani ad te delati fuerant, secutus es. Neque enim in universum aliquid, quod quasi certam formam habeat, constitui potest. Conquirendi non sunt; si deferantur et arguantur, puniendi sunt, ita tamen, ut, qui negaverit se Christianum esse idque re ipsa manifestum fecerit, id est supplicando dis nostris, quamvis suspectus in praeteritum, veniam ex paenitentia impetret.
Page 243 - Sollemne est mihi, domine, omnia de quibus dubito ad te referre. Quis enim potest melius vel cunctationem meam regere vel ignorantiam instruere? Cognitionibus de Christianis interfui numquam : ideo nescio quid et quatenus aut puniri soleat aut quaeri.
Page 245 - Christo, quasi deo, dicere secum invicem, seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta ne latrocinia ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent ne depositum appellati abnegarent. Quibus peractis morem sibi discedendi fuisse, rursusque coeundi ad capiendum cibum, promiscuum tamen et innoxium, quod ipsum facere desisse post edictum meum, quo secundum mandata tua hetaerias esse vetueram.
Page 244 - Ergo dimittendos putavi. Alii ab indice nominati, esse se Christianos dixerunt : et mox negaverunt, fuisse quidem, sed desisse : quidam ante triennium, quidam ante plures annos, non nemo etiam ante viginti quoque.
Page 222 - Petis ut tibi avunculi mei exitum scribam, quo verius tradere posteris possis. Gratias ago: nam video morti eius, si celebretur a te, immortalem gloriam esse propositam. Quamvis enim pulcherrimarum clade terrarum, ut populi, ut urbes, memorabili casu, quasi semper victurus, occiderit; quamvis ipse plurima opera et mansura condiderit; multum tamen perpetuita ti eius XV.
Page 186 - Vinum etiam parvulis lagunculis in tria genera discripserat, non ut potestas eligendi, sed ne ius esset recusandi, aliud sibi et nobis, aliud minoribus amicis (nam gradatim amicos habet), aliud suis nostrisque libertis. Animadvertit qui mihi proximus recumio bebat et an probarem interrogavit. Negavi. ' Tu ergo ' inquit ' quam consuetudinem sequeris '? ' Eadem omnibus pono : ad cenam enim, non ad notam invito cunctisque rebus exaequo, quos mensa et toro aequavi '.