Select epistles of Cicero and Pliny, with notes by J. EdwardsJ. W. Parker, 1836 - 250 pages |
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... time of Plutarch . Having now arrived at the usual age , he entered on the usual course of those intended for ... times of the Republic , whatever was the rank or destination of a youth , he was compelled to learn the art of war , by ...
... time of Plutarch . Having now arrived at the usual age , he entered on the usual course of those intended for ... times of the Republic , whatever was the rank or destination of a youth , he was compelled to learn the art of war , by ...
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... time for this office : and it was during this year that he undertook the accu- sation of Verres , who was charged by the Sicilians with extortion and cruelty during his prætorial administration among them . His speeches on this occasion ...
... time for this office : and it was during this year that he undertook the accu- sation of Verres , who was charged by the Sicilians with extortion and cruelty during his prætorial administration among them . His speeches on this occasion ...
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... time the law permitted to sue for that honour - he was chosen Consul ; and thus reached the highest point of ambition a Roman citizen could propose to himself . As he states himself , this was the first occasion on which the Romans ...
... time the law permitted to sue for that honour - he was chosen Consul ; and thus reached the highest point of ambition a Roman citizen could propose to himself . As he states himself , this was the first occasion on which the Romans ...
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... the sister of Atti- cus , and had , about this time , some disagreement with her . 4 Quintus had a farm near Arpinum , called Arcanum . B 5 diis erat , et secum habebat hominem Xonoroμæðñ3 , EPISTOLÆ CICERONIS SELECTÆ. ...
... the sister of Atti- cus , and had , about this time , some disagreement with her . 4 Quintus had a farm near Arpinum , called Arcanum . B 5 diis erat , et secum habebat hominem Xonoroμæðñ3 , EPISTOLÆ CICERONIS SELECTÆ. ...
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... the example of Ly- curgus , a celebrated orator at Athens , in the time of Æschines . 18 Pompey is here alluded to . He had just returned from the East . 19 ἐν τοῖς πολιτικοῖς honestum , nihil illustre , nihil 20 AD ATTICUM .
... the example of Ly- curgus , a celebrated orator at Athens , in the time of Æschines . 18 Pompey is here alluded to . He had just returned from the East . 19 ἐν τοῖς πολιτικοῖς honestum , nihil illustre , nihil 20 AD ATTICUM .
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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 '.