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As to commonplaces (I refer to those in which
we denounce vices themselves such as adultery,
gambling or profligacy without attacking particular persons), they come straight from the courts
and, if we add the name of the defendant, amount
to actual accusations. As a rule, however, the
general character of a commonplace is usually
given a special turn: for instance we make our
adulterer blind, our gambler poor and our profligate
far advanced in years. Sometimes too they entail
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defence:
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