[Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler]@TWC D-Link bookSocial life at Rome in the Age of Cicero CHAPTER XI 40/216
Let young Albinus say: "If you take one away from five pence, what results ?" "A groat." Good, you'll thrive. Page 189, l.1.In _grammaticis_, etc.: in the study of literature, the perusal of the poets, the knowledge of history, the interpretation of words, the peculiar tone of pronunciation. Page 191, l.9._Orator est_, etc.: an orator, my son, is an upright man skilled in speaking. Page 191, l.11._Rem tene_, etc.: master the subject; the words will follow. Page 196, l.9._vir bonus_, etc.: see page 191, l.
9. Page 196, l.13._Non enim_, etc.: eloquence and oratorical aptness obtain good results if they be swayed by a right understanding and by the discretion and control of the mind. Page 210, footnote 1.
_Mancipiis_, etc.: avoid being like the Cappadocian monarch, rich in slaves and penniless in purse. Page 211, footnote 1.
_pone aedem_, etc.: behind the temple of Castor are those to whom you'd be sorry to lend money. Page 215, l.18._An te ibi_, etc.: would you stay there among those harlots, prostitutes of bakers, leavings of the breadmakers, smeared with rank cosmetics, nasty devotees of slaves? Page 216, footnote 2.
_agrum_, etc.: in cultivating the fields or in hunting, servile occupations, etc. Page 233, l.5._Nec turpe_, etc.: what a master commands cannot be disgraceful. Page 233, footnote 3.
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