[55]
The same result is produced by
[p. 81]
preparatory remarks such as the following: “The
accused is a strong man and was fully armed, while
his opponents were weak, unarmed and suspecting no
evil.” We may in fact touch on everything that we
propose to produce in our proof; while making our
statement of facts, as for instance points connected
with persons, cause, place, time, the instrument and
occasion employed.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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