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For example,
Trachalus1 was, as a rule, elevated and sufficiently
clear in his language: one realised that his aims
were high, but he was better to listen to than to
read. For his voice was, in my experience, unique
in its beauty of tone, while his delivery would have
done credit to an actor, his action was full of grace
and he possessed every external advantage in profusion. Vibius Crispus,2 again, was well-balanced,
agreeable and born to charm, though he was better
in private than in public cases.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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