On the Art of Writing · Character
Quintilian
Roman rhetorician cited on education and style.
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First appearance: lecture i inaugural
Quintilian shows up with force in Endnotes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted on the decorum of oratory, noting that an oration may admit almost any word except indecent ones.
Quintilian first appears in 0003 lecture i inaugural.
In Endnotes: Quoted on the decorum of oratory, noting that an oration may admit almost any word except indecent ones.
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