Lives of Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus, and Titus Pomponius Atticus: The Latter from the Latin of Cornelius NeposJ. Ballantyne & Company, 1813 - 178 |
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... orator and most en- lightened statesman of the age , to the last ac- tive assertor of Roman liberty . It was but a few months previous to the proscription that Cicero wrote a letter to Brutus , in which , af- ter introducing Messala to ...
... orator and most en- lightened statesman of the age , to the last ac- tive assertor of Roman liberty . It was but a few months previous to the proscription that Cicero wrote a letter to Brutus , in which , af- ter introducing Messala to ...
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... orator , and an historian . He united the most lively and pleasing vein of wit and pleasantry , with all that strength and solidity of understanding which is necessary to render a man of weight in the more serious and important ...
... orator , and an historian . He united the most lively and pleasing vein of wit and pleasantry , with all that strength and solidity of understanding which is necessary to render a man of weight in the more serious and important ...
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... orator he disputed the palm of eloquence with Cicero himself . Messala cultivated every muse , and was the patron of every man of genius . He spent his evenings in philosophic conversation with Horace ; assumed his place at table ...
... orator he disputed the palm of eloquence with Cicero himself . Messala cultivated every muse , and was the patron of every man of genius . He spent his evenings in philosophic conversation with Horace ; assumed his place at table ...
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... orator non indig- nus , et poeta . Cupiebat igitur Maro , benevolentissimum illum sibi efficere : quumque nonnulla ad Mæcenatem et Octavium scripsisset , Cyrim ad ipsum Messalam direxit , in quo libro ostendit famæ atque gloriæ gratiâ ...
... orator non indig- nus , et poeta . Cupiebat igitur Maro , benevolentissimum illum sibi efficere : quumque nonnulla ad Mæcenatem et Octavium scripsisset , Cyrim ad ipsum Messalam direxit , in quo libro ostendit famæ atque gloriæ gratiâ ...
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... orator , yet no doubt can rest on the mind of posterity as to his being possessed of superior excellence in speaking . Besides the opinions of Cicero and Quintilian , the two unerring judges of taste , in his favour , we may add those ...
... orator , yet no doubt can rest on the mind of posterity as to his being possessed of superior excellence in speaking . Besides the opinions of Cicero and Quintilian , the two unerring judges of taste , in his favour , we may add those ...
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Strona 16 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!
Strona 96 - Age bids me speak! nor shall the advice I bring Distaste the people, or offend the king: "Cursed is the man, and void of law and right, Unworthy property, unworthy light, Unfit for public rule, or private care, That wretch, that monster, who delights in war; Whose lust is murder, and whose horrid joy, To tear his country, and his kind destroy!
Strona 166 - Shepherds ear. Where were ye Nymphs when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids...
Strona 171 - ... that this world deform, And torture man, a proud malignant worm ? But here, instead, soft gales of passion play, And gently stir the heart, thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across th' enliven'd skies, and make them still more gay.
Strona 171 - tis not forbidden here : Amid the groves you may indulge the muse, Or tend the blooms, and deck the vernal year ; Or softly stealing, with your...
Strona 150 - ... conduct which could preserve an universal esteem amidst the fury of opposite parties. We are obliged to act vigorously, where action can do any good ; but in a storm, when it is impossible to work with success, the best hands and ablest pilots may laudably gain the shore if they can. Atticus could be a friend to men, without awaking their resentment, and be satisfied with his own virtue without seeking popular fame : he had the reward of his wisdom in his tranquillity, and will ever stand among...
Strona 22 - Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose thee for their own.
Strona 166 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
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