What eye can't stand…

Cicero, Ad Atticum 10.8: Pati poterunt oculi me cum Gabinio sententiam dicere, et quidem illum rogari prius? Will my eyes be able to stand the sight of myself giving my opinion alongside Gabinius—or even his being asked it first? It looks clumsy, probably for the ‘eyes standing the sight of,’ which is probably a bit […]

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