The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends, with remarks [and tr.] by W. Melmoth, Volumen3 |
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... esteem it the moft glorious privilege of philosophy , to be thus fuperior to external acci- dents , and to depend for happiness on ourselves alone a fentiment , which , altho ' it was too deeply planted in my heart to be totally eradi ...
... esteem it the moft glorious privilege of philosophy , to be thus fuperior to external acci- dents , and to depend for happiness on ourselves alone a fentiment , which , altho ' it was too deeply planted in my heart to be totally eradi ...
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... esteem , and of which you gave me fo many convincing proofs during the time we con- tinued together at Brundifium ' , I claim a fort of right of applying to you upon any occafion wherein I am particularly interefted . I take the The ...
... esteem , and of which you gave me fo many convincing proofs during the time we con- tinued together at Brundifium ' , I claim a fort of right of applying to you upon any occafion wherein I am particularly interefted . I take the The ...
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... esteem of every person in your family ; let thefe confidera- tions induce you to comply with my request in favour of Curius . Receive him , I conjure you , under your protection , and preferve both his perfon and his property from every ...
... esteem of every person in your family ; let thefe confidera- tions induce you to comply with my request in favour of Curius . Receive him , I conjure you , under your protection , and preferve both his perfon and his property from every ...
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... esteem , and that you are fenfible how much you are endeared to me in return : both which I have ever been defirous fhould be placed be- yond a doubt . Since then we are thus firmly af fured of each other's affection ; let us endeavour ...
... esteem , and that you are fenfible how much you are endeared to me in return : both which I have ever been defirous fhould be placed be- yond a doubt . Since then we are thus firmly af fured of each other's affection ; let us endeavour ...
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... esteem I bore him : and which I had always looked upon as too exalted to admit of any farther advance . In the fame manner , who would have imagined that my friendship towards yourself was capable of in- crease ? yet it actually has ...
... esteem I bore him : and which I had always looked upon as too exalted to admit of any farther advance . In the fame manner , who would have imagined that my friendship towards yourself was capable of in- crease ? yet it actually has ...
Términos y frases comunes
affairs affiftance affured againſt agreeable Antony Antony's Appian army beſt Cæfar Caffius caufe cauſe Cicero circumftance commonwealth confequence confiderable confular confuls CORNIFICIUS Dalmatia dear Decimus Brutus deferve defign defire diſtinguiſhed Dolabella endeavour eſteem faid fame Farewel fatisfaction favour feems fenate fend fenfible fent fentiments fervices fhall fhould fince fincerely firft firſt fituation foldiers follicitous fome foon fpirit friendſhip ftill fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficiently fupport fure Gaul higheſt himſelf Hirtius honour hope illuftrious imagine inftance intereft intreat Italy leaſt lefs legions Lepidus letter liberties likewife Marcus Marcus Brutus means meaſures moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary Nevertheleſs notwithſtanding obferved obliged occafion Octavius paffed Panfa perfon perfuaded Plancus pleaſure poffefs poffible prætors prefent preferve promiſed province purpoſe raiſed reaſon received refpect republic requeſt Rome ſeems ſhall ſtill Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion troops ufual uſe utmoſt whofe wiſh yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 10 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página 10 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Página 14 - I have frequently received ; but never any that were more obliging. As to those for which I am indebted to yourself, it is not only the force of your reasonings, and the very considerable share you take in my afflictions, that have contributed to compose my mind ; it is the deference, likewise, which I always pay to the authority of your sentiments. For knowing, as I perfectly...
Página 29 - Marcellus had been stabbed 3 the night before by Magius Cilo, whilst they were sitting" together after supper; that he had received two wounds from a dagger...
Página 15 - I have named, but to my Cato, my son, than whom a better man was never born, and whose funeral rites I myself performed, whereas he ought rather to have attended mine.
Página 17 - I have equally banished myself from my house,* and from the public ; as finding no relief in either, from the calamities I lament in both. It is this, therefore, that heightens my desire of seeing you here ; as nothing can afford me a more effectual consolation than the renewal of our friendly intercourse ; a happiness, which I hope, and am informed indeed, that I shall shortly enjoy.
Página 9 - ... in this narrow compass, so many great and glorious cities, formed for a much longer duration, thus lie extended in ruins ? Remember then, oh my heart ! the general lot to which man is born, and let that thought suppress thy unreasonable murmurs.' Believe me, I found my mind greatly refreshed and comforted by these reflections.
Página 373 - ... being taken, till having dismissed all his attendants, and wandered for some time alone in disguise and distress, he committed himself to the protection of an old acquaintance and host whom he had formerly obliged ; where, either through treachery or accident, he was surprised by Antony's soldiers, who immediately killed him, and returned with his head to their general ". Several of the old writers have reproached his memory with a...
Página 373 - Macedonia ; but the distance was so great, and the country so guarded, that he was often forced to change his road, for fear of being taken, till having dismissed all his attendants, and wandered for some time alone in disguise and distress, he committed himself to the protection of an old acquaintance and host whom he had formerly obliged ; where, either through treachery or accident, he was surprised by Antony's soldiers, who immediately killed him...
Página 241 - A little before his retreat, he took a small statue of Minerva, which had long been reverenced in his family as a kind of tutelar deity, and carrying it to the capitol, placed it in the temple of Jupiter, under the title of Minerva, the guardian of the city'.