philippic

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Cicero, in his eighth Philippic, expostulated with them on their timorous and impolitic lenity of expression.

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

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

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

Never was there a finer opportunity for the display of eloquence, than what was afforded to Cicero on this occasion; of which he most gloriously availed himself in the fourteenth Philippic.

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

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