 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1778 - 400 pages
...rouch my actions were at variance with my heart. 'The unjuft odium, however, that I incurred by thefe unavoidable compliances, might well teach me the true...condition it is to live under the government of a defpotic power. If any attempts therefore are carrying on to reduce u& a fecond time under the dominion... | |
 | Edward Berwick - Atticus, Titus Pomponius - 1813 - 584 pages
...whenever I was obliged to execute the orders I received, it was in a manner that evidently discovered how much my actions were at variance with my heart. The...reduce us a second time under the dominion of a single person, whoever that single person may be, I declare myself his irreconcileable enemy. The truth is,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hooke - Rome - 1830 - 548 pages
...whenever I was obliged to execute the orders I received, it was in a manner that evidently discovered how much my actions were at variance with my heart. The...government of a despotic power. If any attempts, therefore, arc carrying on to reduce us a second time under the dominion of a single person, whoever that single... | |
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... he had lived in the longest intimacy. Nevertheless, as often as I was at liberty to follow my own sentiments, I endeavoured that my conduct should be such as every honest man must approve, and whenever I was obliged to execute the orders I received,... 