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There is a little affectation sometimes in Mr Fuseli's writing of Ciceronic
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various
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"You are to understand that I am more deeply your debtor than I could desire you to believe; that I am going to tell the Marquis de Soyecourt all which I have told you, though I must reword it for him, as eloquently as may be possible; and that I even now feel myself to be Ciceronic."
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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We can see now that Ciceronic compromises were, and must have been, equally ineffective.
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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He warmed in it till, after the Ciceronic model, inanimate objects were personified, and Richard's table-napkin and vacant chair were invoked to follow the steps of a peerless father, and uphold with his dignity the honour of the Feverels.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He warmed in it till, after the Ciceronic model, inanimate objects were personified, and
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He warmed in it till, after the Ciceronic model, inanimate objects were personified, and Richard's table-napkin and vacant chair were invoked to follow the steps of a peerless father, and uphold with his dignity the honour of the Feverels.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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We can see now that Ciceronic compromises were, and must have been, equally ineffective.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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