A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes ... : Designed as a Text-book for the Highest Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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... Cicero offers Himself to the Bar ...... 490 Close of Cicero's Consulship .. ..... 491 Character of Pompey .. HENRY ST . JOHN ( BOLINGBROKE ) .. 494 Absurdities of Useless Learning .. Fortune not to be trusted .. PHILIP DODDRIDGE ...
... Cicero offers Himself to the Bar ...... 490 Close of Cicero's Consulship .. ..... 491 Character of Pompey .. HENRY ST . JOHN ( BOLINGBROKE ) .. 494 Absurdities of Useless Learning .. Fortune not to be trusted .. PHILIP DODDRIDGE ...
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... Cicero . " It might more properly be called , The Life and Times of Cicero , since it is full , not only in every thing that relates personally to the illustrious Roman orator , but gives an admirable picture of the Republic at the time ...
... Cicero . " It might more properly be called , The Life and Times of Cicero , since it is full , not only in every thing that relates personally to the illustrious Roman orator , but gives an admirable picture of the Republic at the time ...
Page 490
... CICERO OFFERS HIMSELF TO THE BAR . Cicero had now run through all that course of discipline , which he lays down as necessary to form the complete orator : for , in his treatise on that subject , he gives us his own sentiments in the ...
... CICERO OFFERS HIMSELF TO THE BAR . Cicero had now run through all that course of discipline , which he lays down as necessary to form the complete orator : for , in his treatise on that subject , he gives us his own sentiments in the ...
Page 491
... CICERO'S CONSULSHIP . But before we close the account of the memorable events of this year , we must not omit the mention of one which distin- guished it afterwards as a particular era in the annals of Rome , the birth of OCTAVIUS ...
... CICERO'S CONSULSHIP . But before we close the account of the memorable events of this year , we must not omit the mention of one which distin- guished it afterwards as a particular era in the annals of Rome , the birth of OCTAVIUS ...
Page 492
... Cicero , who was never at a loss , instead of pronouncing the ordinary form of the oath , exalting the tone of his voice , swore out aloud , so as all the people might hear him , that he had saved the republic and the city from ruin ...
... Cicero , who was never at a loss , instead of pronouncing the ordinary form of the oath , exalting the tone of his voice , swore out aloud , so as all the people might hear him , that he had saved the republic and the city from ruin ...
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