Nunc detrectasse nominatim antiquos oratores contentus neminem sequentium laudare ausus est nisi in publicum et in commune'veritus, credo, ne multos offenderet si paucos excerpsisset.
Instead of this he has restricted himself to a criticism of certain stated orators among the ancients, without venturing to commend any of their successors, except in the most general terms. He was afraid, I fancy, of giving offence to many by specifying only a few.
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