philippic

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"But," said Sir John, "you forget that Akenside professedly adopts the language of Cicero in his second Philippic."

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah

He then goes on in the Philippic to read a letter which Antony had sent to Hirtius and to young Cæsar, and which they had sent on to the Senate.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

This was the last Philippic and last oration which Cicero delivered.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

To write a scurrilous attack, such as the second Philippic, is a bad exercise for the ingenuity of a great man; but so is any anonymous satire.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

It shows also that up to this period, a few months previous to the envenomed hatred of the second Philippic, Antony and Cicero were presumed to be on terms of intimate friendship.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony