philippic
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If he be blamed because his Philippic was anonymous, how do the anonymous writers of to-day escape?
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
I will not treat my readers to any of these specimens of the art Philippic, but will confine myself to a few business excerpts instead, taken indiscriminately from the New York and Boston papers.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
Thus he ended his fourteenth Philippic, and the silver tongue which had charmed Rome so often was silent forever.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
The speech “On the Affairs of the Chersonese” and the Third Philippic were the crowning efforts of Demosthenes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
The speech against Pantaenetus comes between the speech “On the Peace” and the Second Philippic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
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