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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1833 Excerpt: ... for an orator in the midst of such an armed force. But the prudence of Pompey, a man of such distinguished wisdom and equity, both cheers and relieves me; whose justice will never suffer him to leave a person exposed to the rage of the soldiery whom he has delivered up to a legal trial; nor his wisdom to give the sanction of public authority to the outrages of a furious mob. Wherefore, those arms, those centurions, and cohorts are so far from threatening me with danger that they assure me of protection; they not only banish my fears, but inspire me with courage, and promise that I shall be heard, not merely with safety, but with silence and attention. As to the rest of the assembly, those at least that are Roman citizens, they.are all on our side; nor is there a single person of all that multitude of spectators, whom you see on all sides of us, as far as any part of the forum can be distinguished, waiting the event of the trial, who, while he favours Milo, does not think his own fate, that of his posterity, his country, and his property likewise at stake. There is indeed one set of men our inveterate enemies; they are those whom the madness of P. Clodius has trained up, and supported by plunder, firing of houses, and every species of public mischief; who were spirited up by the speeches of yesterday,f to dictate to you what sentence you shall pass. If these should chance to raise any clamour, it will only make you cautious how you part with a citizen who always despised that crew and their loudest threatenings, where your safety was concerned. Act with spirit then, my lords, and if you ever entertained any fears, dismiss them all: for if ever you had it in your power to determine in favour of brave and worthy men, or of deserving citizens--in a word, if eve... Paperback, Label: General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Product group: Book, Published: 2012-02-08, Studio: General Books LLC.

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