PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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Page 51
... Cicero was quæstor in Sicily , he discovered the tomb of Archimedes by its mathematical inscription . Tusc . Quæst . v . 23 . P. 19 , 1. 7 . Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , The influence of the associating principle is finely ...
... Cicero was quæstor in Sicily , he discovered the tomb of Archimedes by its mathematical inscription . Tusc . Quæst . v . 23 . P. 19 , 1. 7 . Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , The influence of the associating principle is finely ...
Page 104
... Cicero , in his Essay De Senectute , has drawn his images from the better walks of life ; and Shakspeare , in his Seven Ages , has done so too . But Shakspeare treats his subject satirically ; Cicero as a Philosopher . In the venerable ...
... Cicero , in his Essay De Senectute , has drawn his images from the better walks of life ; and Shakspeare , in his Seven Ages , has done so too . But Shakspeare treats his subject satirically ; Cicero as a Philosopher . In the venerable ...
Page 115
... Cicero . It is remarkable that , among the comforts of Old Age , he has not mentioned those arising from the society of women and children . Perhaps the husband of Terentia and " the father of Marcus felt something on the subject , of ...
... Cicero . It is remarkable that , among the comforts of Old Age , he has not mentioned those arising from the society of women and children . Perhaps the husband of Terentia and " the father of Marcus felt something on the subject , of ...
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... Cicero somewhere expresses it , " Communitati vitæ atque victûs . " There we wish most for the society of our friends ; and , perhaps , in their absence , most require their portraits . The moral advantages of this furniture may be ...
... Cicero somewhere expresses it , " Communitati vitæ atque victûs . " There we wish most for the society of our friends ; and , perhaps , in their absence , most require their portraits . The moral advantages of this furniture may be ...
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... Cicero , in the dialogue entitled Brutus , represents Brutus and Atticus as sitting down with him in his garden at Rome , by the statue of Plato ; and with what delight does he speak of a little seat under Aristotle in the library of ...
... Cicero , in the dialogue entitled Brutus , represents Brutus and Atticus as sitting down with him in his garden at Rome , by the statue of Plato ; and with what delight does he speak of a little seat under Aristotle in the library of ...
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