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Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero

CHAPTER XI
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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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