philippic
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It was on the receipt of the news in Rome of the first battle, but before the second had been fought, that the last Philippic was spoken.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
Philippic, fil-ip′ik, n. one of the three orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon, or of Cicero against Marc Antony: any discourse full of invective.—v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Then it was that he spoke the third Philippic, and in the evening of the same day he spoke the fourth to the people.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
Dear Sir,—I have to thank you for Mr. Pickering's elaborate Philippic against Mr. Adams, Gerry, Smith, and myself; and I have delayed the acknowledgment until I could read it and make some observations on it.
From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin
Plutarch makes no special mention of the second Philippic.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
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