philippic
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It was the same when he uttered Philippic after Philippic in the presence of Antony's friends.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
Alcibiades is replaced by the Mark Antony of Cicero's Philippic.
From A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion by Symonds, John Addington
‘This splendid oration, in its fiery vigour and mastery of invective, is unsurpassed except by the Second Philippic.’
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The speech against Pantaenetus comes between the speech “On the Peace” and the Second Philippic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
I will not treat my readers to any of these specimens of the art Philippic, but will confine myself to a few business excerpts instead, taken indiscriminately from the New York and Boston papers.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
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