Hunc igitur spectemus. Hoc propositum sit nobis exemplum, A NEW EDITION. VOL. I. Quintil. Instit. 1. x: i. LONDON: Printed by J. Wright, 38, St. John's Square, FOR VERNOR AND HOOD; CUTHELL AND MARTIN; J. WALKERŻ AND E. JEFFREY. Le 40.430,5 Harvard Cottage Library Mrs. E. D. Brandegoo 3675 TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE JOHN, LORD HERVEY, LORD KEEPER OF HIS MAJESTY's PRIVY SEAL. MY LORD, THE public will naturally expect, that, in chusing a patron for the LIFE OF CICERO, I should address myself to some person of illustrious rank, distinguished by his parts and eloquence, and bearing a principal share in the great affairs of the nation; who, according to the usual style of dedi. cations, might be the proper subject of a comparison with the hero of my piece. Your Lordship's name will confirm that expectation, and your character would justify me in running some length into the parallel; but my experience of your good sense forbids me the attempt. For your Lordship knows, what a disadvantage it would be to any character, to be placed in the same light with that of Cicero; that all such comparisons must be invidious and adulatory; and that the following history will suggest a reason, in every page, why no man now living can justly be compared with him. I do not impute this to any superiority of parts or genius, peculiar to the ancients; for human naVOL. I. |