Jam pridem gubernare me taedebat, etiam quum licebat." [251] Ad Att., lib.ii., 8: "Scito Curionem adolescentem venisse ad me salutatum.

Valde ejus sermo de Publio cum tuis litteris congruebat, ipse vero mirandum in modum Reges odisse superbos.

Peraeque narrabat incensam esse juventutem, neque ferre haec posse." The "reges superbos" were Caesar and Pompey.
[252] Ad Att., lib.ii., 5: [Greek: Aideomai Troas kai Troadas helkesipeplous] .-- Il., vi., 442.

"I fear what Mrs.Grundy would say of me," is Mr.Tyrrell's homely version.

Cicero's mind soared, I think, higher when he brought the words of Hector to his service than does the ordinary reference to our old familiar critic.
[253] Quint., xii., 1.
[254] Enc.