 | Conyers Middleton - Rome - 1741 - 434 pages
...middle way between the obftinacy of Cato, and the indolence of Atticus: he preferred always the readieft road to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, took the next, that leemed likely to bring him to the fame end ; and in politics, as in morality, yrhen... | |
 | Conyers Middleton - 1766 - 448 pages
...middle way between the obftinacy of Cato, and the indolence of Atticus: he preferred always the readieft road to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, took the next, that feemed likely to bring him to the fame end •, and in politics, as in morality,... | |
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...middle way between the obftinacy of Cato and the indolence of Atticus ; he preferred always the readieft road to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, took the next, that feemed likely to bring him to the fame end ; and in politics as in moraliry, when... | |
 | Conyers Middleton - Authors, Latin - 1790 - 372 pages
...way between the obftinacy of Cato, and the indolence of Atticus : he preferred always the readieft road to what was right, if it lay open to him; if not, took the next, that feemed likely to bring him to the fame end; and in politics, as in morality, when... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...way, between the obllinacy of Cato, and the indolence of Atticus; he preferred always the read ieil road to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, he took the_next that feemcd likely to bring him to the fame end ; and in politics, as in morality, when he... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...middle way, between the ob!linacyofCato,a;TitlieindolenceofAuicus; he preferred always the readieft road ... to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if firmr.efs, not to fay obftinacy, whether rir not, he took the next th.it fecmrd likely to or wrong,... | |
 | Conyers Middleton - 1801 - 462 pages
...Cicero those the middle way between the obstina* cyofCato.and the indolence of Atticus : He pre* ferred always the readiest road to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, took the next that seemed likely to bring him to the same end ; and, in politicS» as in morality,... | |
 | Conyers Middleton - Authors, Latin - 1804 - 456 pages
...the prospect of doing good ; the other, without attempting to do any, resolving never to act at all. Cicero chose the middle way between the obstinacy...to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, took the next, that seemed likely to bring him to the same end ; and in politics, as in morality, when... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...the prospect of doing good ; the other, without attempting to do any, resolving never to act at all. haracter. He was open, frank, generous, sincere, and...to dazzle men by the splendour of his enterprises, whea he could not arrive at the true, contented himself with the probable. He often compares the statesman... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...way, be. tween the obftinacy of Cato and the indolence of Atticus ; he preferred always the readieft road to what was right, if it lay open to him, if not, he took the next that feemed likely to bring him to the fame end ; and in politics as in morality, when he could not arrive... | |
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Cicero chose the middle way between the obstinacy of Cato, and the indolence of Atticus : he preferred always the readiest road to what was right, if it lay open to him ; if not, took the next, that seemed likely... 
