The Harvard Classics, Volume 9Charles William Eliot P. F. Collier & son, 1909 |
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... favour . 5. Laelius . I should certainly have no objection if I felt confidence in myself . For the theme is a noble one , and we are ( as Fannius has said ) at leisure . But who am I ? and what ability have I ? What you propose is all ...
... favour . 5. Laelius . I should certainly have no objection if I felt confidence in myself . For the theme is a noble one , and we are ( as Fannius has said ) at leisure . But who am I ? and what ability have I ? What you propose is all ...
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... favours . They are carried , so to speak , beyond themselves with self- conceit and self - will ; nor can anything be more perfectly intolerable than a successful fool . You may often see it . Men who before had pleasant manners enough ...
... favours . They are carried , so to speak , beyond themselves with self- conceit and self - will ; nor can anything be more perfectly intolerable than a successful fool . You may often see it . Men who before had pleasant manners enough ...
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... favour ( I venture to speak for Scipio as for myself ) if - since we all hope , or at least wish , to become old men -- you would allow us to learn from you in good time before it arrives , by what methods we may most easily acquire the ...
... favour ( I venture to speak for Scipio as for myself ) if - since we all hope , or at least wish , to become old men -- you would allow us to learn from you in good time before it arrives , by what methods we may most easily acquire the ...
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... favour of the Cincian law on gifts and fees . " 66 Now this man conducted wars with all the spirit of youth when he was far advanced in life , and by his persistence gradually wearied out Hannibal , when rioting in all the confidence of ...
... favour of the Cincian law on gifts and fees . " 66 Now this man conducted wars with all the spirit of youth when he was far advanced in life , and by his persistence gradually wearied out Hannibal , when rioting in all the confidence of ...
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... favour of the Voconian law in a voice that was still strong and with lungs still sound ; while he , though seventy years old , sup- ported two burdens considered the heaviest of all - poverty and old age - in such a way as to be all but ...
... favour of the Voconian law in a voice that was still strong and with lungs still sound ; while he , though seventy years old , sup- ported two burdens considered the heaviest of all - poverty and old age - in such a way as to be all but ...
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Popular passages
Page 212 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Page 308 - He had already sent his baggage on board ; for though he was not at that time...
Page 301 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large ftones.
Page 298 - I am well assured will be rendered for ever illustrious. And notwithstanding he perished by a misfortune, which, as it involved at the same time a most beautiful country in ruins, and destroyed so many populous cities, seems to promise him an everlasting remembrance ; notwithstanding he has himself composed many and lasting works ; yet I am persuaded the mentioning of him in your immortal writings will greatly contribute to eternize his name.
Page 424 - I am unacquainted not only with the nature of their crimes, or the measure of their punishment, but how far it is proper to enter into an examination concerning them. Whether therefore any difference is usually made with respect to the ages of the guilty, or no distinction is to be observed between the young and the adult; whether...
Page 244 - ... this was his constant method, whatever book he read, for it was a maxim of his, ' that no book was so bad, but something might be learned from it.
Page 302 - Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world...
Page 300 - The letter which, in compliance with your request, I wrote to you concerning the death of my uncle, has raised, it seems, your curiosity to know what terrors and dangers attended me while I continued at Misenum ; for there, I think, the account in my former broke off. 'Though my shock'd soul recoils, my tongue shall tell.
Page 302 - The ashes now began to fall upon us though in no great quantity. I turned my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I proposed, while we...
Page 301 - Though it was now morning, the light was exceedingly faint and languid ; the buildings all around us tottered, and though we stood upon open ground, yet, as the place was narrow and confined, there was no remaining there without certain and great danger : we therefore resolved to quit the town.