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Cicero. 106-43 b. c.

For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight.[705:4]

De Oratore. 78.

Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.[705:5]

De Divinatione. i. 118.

He is never less at leisure than when at leisure.[705:6]

De Officiis. iii. 1.

While the sick man has life there is hope.[705:7]

Epistolarum ad Atticum. ix. 10, 4.

Footnotes

[705:4] See Thomson, page 356.

[705:5] See Coleridge, page 504.

[705:6] See Rogers, page 455.

[705:7] See Gay, page 349.

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