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But superficial observers are
deceived by the fact that they find figures in all
passages dealing with such themes, and select
examples of them from speeches; whereas in reality
there is no department of oratory which does not
admit such figures. But it is one thing to admit
i>figure and another to be a figure; I am not going
to be frightened out of repeating the term with some
frequency in my attempt to make the facts clear.
My opponents will, I know,
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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