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The following forms of reflexion are even more
modern. There is the type which depends on surprise for its effect, as, for example, when Vibius
Crispus, in denouncing the man who wore a breastplate when strolling in the forum and alleged that
he did so because he feared for his life, cried, “Who
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gave you leave to be such a coward?” Another
instance is the striking remark made by Africanus
to Nero with reference to the death of Agrippina:
“Caesar, your provinces of Gaul entreat you to bear
your good fortune with courage.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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