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There are however innumerable ways in which this may be done.
The finest example is provided by Cicero's prosecution of Verres.1 “If your own father were among
your judges, what would he say when these facts
were proved against you?” Then follows the
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enumeration. Another admirable example2 may be found
in the same speech where the enumeration of the
temples which the praetor had despoiled takes the
form of invoking the various deities concerned. We
may also at times pretend to be in doubt whether
we have not omitted something and to wonder what
the accused will say in reply to certain points or
what hope tile accuser can have after the manner in
which we have refuted all the charges brought against
us.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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