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Antonius, the murderer of his father ; a man who had, before the time of the younger Cicero, shown himself so extremely anxious to maintain the superiority in this kind of qualifica  tion, that he had even gone so far as to publish a book upon the subject of his own drunkenness.75 Daring in this work to speak in his own defence, he has proved very satisfactorily, to my thinking, how many were the evils he had inflicted upon the world through this same vice of drunkenness. ANTONIUS THE MURDERER OF HIS FATHER A MAN WHO HAD BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YOUNGER CICERO SHOWN HIMSELF SO EXTREMELY ANXIOUS TO MAINTAIN THE SUPERIORITY IN THIS KIND OF QUALIFICATION THAT HE HAD EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO PUBLISH A BOOK UPON THE SUBJECT OF HIS OWN DRUNKENNESS DARING IN THIS WORK TO SPEAK IN HIS OWN DEFENSE HE HAS PROVED VERY SATISFACTORILY TO MY THINKING HOW MANY WERE THE EVILS HE HAD INFLICTED UPON THE WORLD THROUGH THIS SAME VICE OF DRUNKENNESS
r being known to stammer in his speech, or to relieve the stomach by vomiting or urine, while engaged in drinking. He was always on duty at the morning guard, was able to empty the largest vessel at a single draught, and yet to take more ordinary cups in addition than any one else ; he was al- ways to be implicitly depended upon, too, for being able to drink without taking breath and without ever spitting, or so much as leaving enough at the bottom of the cup to make a plash upon the pavement ;73 thus showing himself an exact observer of the regulations which have been made to prevent all shirk- ing on the part of drinkers. Tergilla reproaches Cicero, the son of Marcus Cicero, with being in the habit of taking off a couple of congii at a single draught, and with having thrown a cup, when in a state of drunkenness, at M. Agrippa ;n such, in fact, being the ordinary results of intoxication. But it is not to be wondered at that Cicero was desirous in this respect to eclipse the fame of M. PECULIAR LAWS OF ITS OWN OF NEVER BEING KNOWN TO STAMMER IN HIS SPEECH OR TO RELIEVE THE STOMACH BY VOMITING OR URINE WHILE ENGAGED IN DRINKING HE WAS ALWAYS ON DUTY AT THE MORNING GUARD WAS ABLE TO EMPTY THE LARGEST VESSEL AT A SINGLE DRAUGHT AND YET TO TAKE MORE ORDINARY CUPS IN ADDITION THAN ANY ONE ELSE HE WAS ALWAYS TO BE IMPLICITLY DEPENDED UPON TOO FOR BEING ABLE TO DRINK WITHOUT TAKING BREATH AND WITHOUT EVER SPITTING OR SO MUCH AS LEAVING ENOUGH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP TO MAKE A PLASH UPON THE PAVEMENT THUS SHOWING HIMSELF AN EXACT OBSERVER OF THE REGULATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE TO PREVENT ALL SHIRKERS ON THE PART OF DRINKERS TURGEILLA REPROACHES CICERO THE SON OF MARCUS CICERO WITH BEING IN THE HABIT OF TAKING OFF A COUPLE OF KANJI AT A SINGLE DRAUGHT AND WITH HAVING THROWN A CUP WHEN IN A STATE OF DRUNKENNESS AT M AGRIPPA SUCH IN FACT BEING THE ORDINARY RESULTS OF INTOXICATION BUT IT IS NOT TO BE WONDERED AT THAT CICERO WAS DESIROUS IN THIS RESPECT TO ECLIPSE THE FAME OF M
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