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

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

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

He himself goes to Puteoli, and there he writes the second Philippic.

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

So he ended the sixth Philippic, which, like the fourth, was addressed to the people.

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