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That very witness of yours who dared to
say “that he had been seen to do . . .” in a case where he could by no
possibility know even of what the man was accused—even he would not venture to
decide that a dowry was due to a husband which the woman had promised without the consent of
her trustee. Oh admirable principle, and worthy of being maintained by you on this account, O
judges!
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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