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
Plutarch makes no special mention of the second Philippic.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
And the third Philippic of Cicero: "We are born to honour and liberty; either let us keep them, or die with honour."
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
Such are the First Philippic and the three orations for Olynthus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
"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
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