 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Authors, Latin - 1752 - 456 pages
...ftill pofiefiing it, which eafily might I have done, had not the Plan of my DeL 2 ftructiott flruflion been laid within my own Walls. I write this that you may rather give me your ufual Comfort, than think me worthy of Upbraidings and Revi lings. I write but a fhort... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 494 pages
...and what a brother I have lost ? A brother, that you may know my calamities to be unexampled, v.-hotn I loved, whom I have ever loved more than myself ;...letter to you because I am prevented by my tears ; and tho news I expect from Rome is of more importance to me than anything I can write of myself. Whenever... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 522 pages
...possible I should forget who I have been ; that I should not feel who I am ; what glory, what honor, what children, what fortunes, and what a brother I...expect from Rome is of more importance to me than anything I can write of myself. Whenever anything comes to my knowledge, I will inform you exactly... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 542 pages
...possible I should forget who I have been ; that I should not feel who I am ; what glory, what honor, what children, what fortunes, and what a brother I...expect from Rome is of more importance to me than anything I can write of myself. Whenever anything comes to my knowledge, I will inform you exactly... | |
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... misfortunes ? Did ever man fall from so elevated a station, in so good a cause, with such advantages of genius, experience, and popularity, or so guarded by the interest of every worthy patriot ? Is it possible I should forget who I have been ; that... 