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I will now proceed to the next subject for discussion, which is, as I have said, that of tropes, or modes,
as the most distinguished Roman rhetoricians call
them. Rules for their use are given by the teachers
of literature as well. But I postponed the discussion
of the subject when I was dealing with literary
education, because it seemed to me that the theme
would have greater importance if handled in connexion with the ornaments of oratory, and that it
ought to be reserved for treatment on a larger scale.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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