Orationes quędam selectę, notis illustratę: In usum Academię exoniensissumptibus R.S. Davis, 1851 |
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Page 92 - ... judices, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut voluptas avocarjt aut denique somnus retardant ? Quare quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi jure succenseat, si quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas...
Page 93 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.
Page 100 - Quid comitatus nostri, quid gladii volunt? quos habere certe non liceret, si uti illis nullo pacto liceret. Est igitur haec, iudices, non scripta, sed nata lex, quam non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, ad quam non docti sed facti, non instituti sed imbuti sumus...
Page 178 - On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind the back of the third, with a pillow between each.
Page 185 - When a general had obtained a signal victory, a thanksgiving (supplicatio) was decreed by the senate to be made in all the temples. This honor, which was decreed to Cicero, was never conferred on any other person in his robe of peace (togatus), 2. Bene gestd: A thanksgiving had been decreed to others for 30 promoting the interest of the republic, to Cicero alone for having preserved it.
Page 178 - The tunica or tunic, was a white woollen vest, which came down a little below the knees before, and to the middle of the leg behind, and was fastened about the waist by a girdle, which also served as a purse.
Page 89 - Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum ; et, quasi cognatione quadam, inter se continentur.
Page 213 - Roman army was formed into legions ; each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries.
Page 208 - Having mentioned an instance in which the philosopher confuted the statesman, the author adds, " as in another instance the statesman seems to have got the better of the philosopher.
Page 77 - Homines enim ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando ; nihil habet nee fortuna tua maius quam ut possis, nee natura melius quam ut velis servare quam plurimos.