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She not only
did not do that, but from that time forth she omitted no opportunity of planning some
treachery or other, but day and night, she, a mother, directed all her thoughts to compassing
the destruction of her son. But first, in order to confirm Oppianicus in his resolution of
becoming the accuser of her son, she bound him to her by gifts and presents, by giving him her
daughter in marriage, and by the hope of her inheritance.
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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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