The Letters of Cicero: B. C. 48-44 (February)G. Bell and Sons, 1900 |
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Page xv
... possible position is that in which he happens to be . " These are the views of the political situation which Cicero communicates to his friends - mostly leading Pom- peians now living in exile . Yet he is constrained to con- fess that ...
... possible position is that in which he happens to be . " These are the views of the political situation which Cicero communicates to his friends - mostly leading Pom- peians now living in exile . Yet he is constrained to con- fess that ...
Page xvii
... possible to feel full sympathy with a man thus playing a double part . But it is not difficult to understand and partly condone it . He might plead that he yielded to force majeure : that his exile or death could not benefit his country ...
... possible to feel full sympathy with a man thus playing a double part . But it is not difficult to understand and partly condone it . He might plead that he yielded to force majeure : that his exile or death could not benefit his country ...
Page xxi
... possible the active business of the forum , and to bury himself " in the obscurity of literature . " From oratory therefore he passed to philosophy . He begins with a brief tract on the Paradoxes of the Stoics ; but when , early in B.C ...
... possible the active business of the forum , and to bury himself " in the obscurity of literature . " From oratory therefore he passed to philosophy . He begins with a brief tract on the Paradoxes of the Stoics ; but when , early in B.C ...
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... possible that I should create any other impression than that of urg- ing upon you what I could not , with due regard to my duty as your son - in - law , suppress . On your part , my dear Cicero , pray regard what follows - whether you ...
... possible that I should create any other impression than that of urg- ing upon you what I could not , with due regard to my duty as your son - in - law , suppress . On your part , my dear Cicero , pray regard what follows - whether you ...
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... possible to your care and kindness , and to her consideration and wishes , for whose interests— poor girl ! -I should have consulted better , if I had formerly deliberated with you personally on our safety and property rather than by ...
... possible to your care and kindness , and to her consideration and wishes , for whose interests— poor girl ! -I should have consulted better , if I had formerly deliberated with you personally on our safety and property rather than by ...
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