Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler, 6.1.38

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[38] equidem repugnantes eos patrono et nihil vultu commotos et intempestive renidentes ¹ et facto aliquo vel ipso vultu risum etiam moventes saepe vidi; praecipue vero cum aliqua velut scenice fiunt, alio cadunt. ²

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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Institutio Oratoria (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, editor. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.)

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Institutio Oratoria Perseus (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.) — 6.1.38 focus

[38] I have often seen clients whose behaviour was wholly out of keeping with the line adopted by their counsel, since their expression showed not the slightest emotion, while they displayed a most unseasonable cheerfulness and even aroused laughter by their looks or actions; such incongruity is especially frequent when the appeal is of a theatrical character.

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1. renidentes, Spalding : residentes, AG.

2. alio, Halm : aliam, alia, alias, MSS

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 6.1.38

ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler

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