Excerpt from Cicero's Epistles to Atticus, Vol. 1 of 2: With Notes Historical, Explanatory, and Critical Greatnefs of Spirit. But what are we to think of our Author, whofe public Orations fo much belied his private Sentiments The following Pages reprefent the celebrated Hon fenfim, as a little, fpiteful, Lawyer the polite and brave Lara/1m, as an indolent Vo luptuary the virtuous Cato, as a hot, wrong headed, Fellow; and the amiable Brufm, as a' peevith, politive, ill-mannered, Coxcomb. In one Page, we fee ounauthor'swife more dear to him than his Eyes in another, he fiings her from his Bofo'm. Quintus, from being the heft, becomes the worfi, of Brothers, and his Son from being the worft, becomes the heft, of Men. But of fnch Infiances in our Au thor there is no End. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.