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was removed, they lived in greater security, because he, wise and kindhearted man as he was, loved his young relative with exceeding affection, and brought him up with great care.
[183] No one has succeeded in explaining this word. Some editors wish to read Suræ, explaining that as "men picked out for their great strength," by a reference to Juvenal, xvi. 14--Grandes magna adsubsellia Suræ. Wagner proposes to read Scurræ, a name sometimes given to the guards in this age.
[184] As at Athens, where the orators were only allowed to speak as long as an hour-glass, filled with water, was running down.
[185] All these men are spoken of by Horace as distinguished lawyers in his time.
[186] See Cicero, de Oratore iii. 60.
[187] The Speech of Cicero pro Coelio Cluentio.
[188] The celebrated speech of Demosthenes, more usually known as that of De Coronâ.