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  • He also studied and translated, into both English and French, Caesar's Commentaries, Cicero's Orations, Virgil's Aeneid, Tacitus's Agricola, the works of Sallust, and some works of Horace and Ovid.

    Harlow Giles Unger: When Statesmen Led the Nation Harlow Giles Unger 2011

  • Teachers stocked up at Project Cicero's recent book drive, which takes gently used materials from private schools and redistributes them to needy public schools.

    The Second Life of School Books 2011

  • It has Cicero's rhetorical vigour, Shakespeare's perfect rhythm, and Victoria Wood's instinct for the comic bathos of brand names.

    Let it all out. Well, sometimes | Victoria Coren 2011

  • In 1953, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature "for his mastery of historical and biographical description" and praised, somewhat fulsomely, as a writer endowed with the "gift of Cicero's pen."

    The Tedium Is the Message Michael Moynihan 2011

  • Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal Rona Berg, who sits on Project Cicero's executive committee, organized books for the drive.

    The Second Life of School Books 2011

  • He also studied and translated, into both English and French, Caesar's Commentaries, Cicero's Orations, Virgil's Aeneid, Tacitus's Agricola, the works of Sallust, and some works of Horace and Ovid.

    Harlow Giles Unger: When Statesmen Led the Nation Harlow Giles Unger 2011

  • Imperium recounts in vivid detail the story of Cicero's quest for glory, competing with some of the most powerful and intimidating figures of his age: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, and many others.

    The best recent books: Legal, Medical & Corporate Thrillers 2009

  •             “What a bunch of losers,” he says as he walks off, his nose deep in Cicero's “On Old Age”.

    Hoop Dreams, Harvard Style 2010

  • One of the books, Henry's schoolboy text of Cicero's writings, has an inscription by the young royal -- "Thys boke is myne Prince Henry."

    Backstage: 'Burn Your Bookes' at Taffety Punk, Folger's 2010-2011 season 2010

  • While attending an awards ceremony at my local High School, I was blown away when the Latin teacher had his students recite in Latin Cicero's speech, Pro Archia.

    Nina Sankovitch: What I am Reading This Summer and Why 2010

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