De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Hoc in omnibus item partibus orationis evenit, ut utilitatem ac prope necessitatem suavitas quaedam et lepos consequatur; clausulas enim atque interpuncta verborum animae interclusio atque angustiae spiritus attulerunt: id inventum ita est suave, ut, si cui sit infinitus spiritus datus, tamen eum perpetuare verba nolimus; id enim auribus nostris gratum est inventum, quod hominum lateribus non tolerabile solum, sed etiam facile esse posset.
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Longissima est igitur complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest; sed hic naturae modus est, artis alius. Nam cum sint numeri plures, iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles, Catule, vester, qui natura tamen incurrunt ipsi in orationem sermonemque nostrum; sed sunt insignes percussiones eorum numerorum et minuti pedes. Qua re primum ad heroum nos dactylici et anapaesti spondi pedem invitat: in quo impune progredi licet duo dumtaxat pedes aut paulo plus, ne plane in versum aut similitudinem versus incidamus. "Altae sunt geminae, quibus." Hi tres heroi pedes in principia continuandorum verborum satis decore cadunt.
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