philippic
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The Deputies were received by the Senate, who discussed their embassy, and on the next day they met again, when Cicero pronounced his eighth Philippic.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
‘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 Second Philippic also was not delivered but issued as a pamphlet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" 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
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
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