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The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of His Friends, With Remarks [and Tr.] by W. Melmoth. to Which Is Now Added a General Index
The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of His Friends With Remarks by W Melmoth to Which Is Now Added a General Index - and Tr. Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1804 Original Publisher: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-... more »Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: OF MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS, BOOK I. LETTER I. [A. U. 691.] To Pompey the Great: Imperator1. L o v R letter to the senate afforded inexpressible satisfaction, not only to myself, but to the public in general: as the hopes it brought These letters are placed according to their supposed dates: The reader will find at the end of each of these volumes an index, referring to the order in which they stand in the common editions. ' . 1 The title of Imperator, during the times of the republic, did not bear the least relation to that idea which is affixed to it in modern language ; but was merely honorary and occasional. It was conferred on the Roman generals by the acclamations of their army in the field, after some signal advantage gained by their courage and conduct; and it was immediately dropped again as soon as they entered into Rome. Vol. I. B us of a peace, are agreeable to those expectations, which, in full confidence of your superior abilities, I had always encouraged the world to entertain1. I must acquaint you, however, that it entirely sunk the spirits of that parly, who, from being formerly your declared enemies, have lately become your pretended friends : as it utterly disappointed their most sanguine hopes'. Notwithstanding the letter which you wrote to me by the same express discovered but very slight marks of your affection; yet I read it with pleasure. The truth is, I am always abundantly satisfied with the consciousness of having exerted my best offices towards my friends; and if they do not think pro...« less