The Decii too,
The Marii and Camilli, names of might,
The Scipios, stubborn warriors, aye, and thee,
Great Caesar.Georg. ii. 169. (Rhoades' translation).
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To this they add
hyperbaton,1 which they refuse to include among
tropes. A second figure of this kind is one closely
resembling the figure of thought known as apostrophe,2
but differing in this respect, that it changes the
form of the language and not the sense. The
following will illustrate my meaning:
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