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Page 76
... speak- ers had ended , the people gave their opinion , by stretching out their hands to him whose proposal pleased them most . And Xeno- phon reports , that , night having come on when the people were en- gaged in an important debate ...
... speak- ers had ended , the people gave their opinion , by stretching out their hands to him whose proposal pleased them most . And Xeno- phon reports , that , night having come on when the people were en- gaged in an important debate ...
Page 89
... speak ; you hear the necessities they plead ; and then acquit them . Nothing then 29. Oration against Catiline . remains for us , but to be distracted with endless contests and divisions : ( some urging these , some those mea- L. sures ) ...
... speak ; you hear the necessities they plead ; and then acquit them . Nothing then 29. Oration against Catiline . remains for us , but to be distracted with endless contests and divisions : ( some urging these , some those mea- L. sures ) ...
Page 180
... speak not nigh to have overturned the state , with respect to parties , I stand up in the war before the last ... speak with de- other , reasoning from effects to cau- cency of every act of this house , but ses , methinks I plainly ...
... speak not nigh to have overturned the state , with respect to parties , I stand up in the war before the last ... speak with de- other , reasoning from effects to cau- cency of every act of this house , but ses , methinks I plainly ...
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