Excerpt from General Biography, Vol. 5: Or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order Hortens1a, daughter of the orator, inherited her father's eloquence; which she exercised in pleading the cause of the Roman ladies before the triumvirs, Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus, who had issued an edict compelling them to declare their property as preparatory to a heavy taxation. Her harangue was extant in the time of Quintilian, who Speaks of it with ap plause. Cia'rozzif Brutus. Boyle - A. 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.