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Page 51
... Cicero was quæstor in Sicily , he discovered the tomb of Archimedes by its mathematical inscrip- Tusc . Quæst . v . 3 . tion . 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 inscrip- Tusc . Quæst . v . 3 . tion . P. 19 , 1. 7 . Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , The influence of the associating principle is finely ...
Page 103
... 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 113
... 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 hus- band of Terentia and " the father of Marcus felt some- thing on the subject ...
... 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 hus- band of Terentia and " the father of Marcus felt some- thing on the subject ...
Page 131
... Cicero somewhere expresses it , " Communitati vitæ atque victûs . " There we wish most for the society of our friends ; and , perhaps , in their absence , most re- quire 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 re- quire their portraits . The moral advantages of this furniture may be ...
Page 132
... Cicero speaks with pleasure of a little seat under Aristotle in the library of Atticus . " Literis sustentor et recreor ; maloque in illa tua sedecula , quam habes sub imagine Aristotelis , sedere , quàm in istorum sella curuli ! " Ep ...
... Cicero speaks with pleasure of a little seat under Aristotle in the library of Atticus . " Literis sustentor et recreor ; maloque in illa tua sedecula , quam habes sub imagine Aristotelis , sedere , quàm in istorum sella curuli ! " Ep ...
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