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XIX

Quintilian·Rhetoric·Prose·11 sections·3,322 words

Malae tractationis sit actio. Speciosum filium infamem, tamquam incestum …

The opening.

1.1 to 1.4Malae tractationis sit actio. Speciosum filium infamem, tamquam incestum …337 words
1.5 to 1.6Infelix senectus, misera patientia, sic quoque quam multa dicenda sunt! …349 words
1.7 to 1.10Laudo, iudices, patientiam matris: cum et ipsa semper plurimum esset …441 words
1.11 to 1.12Novum, iudices, uxoris in marito crimen audite: silentium est, de quo …324 words
1.13 to 1.15Vides, mulier, quibus in<ter>pretationibus praestes tuum dolorem? …281 words
1.16 to 1.18Si tamen utique, mater, vis scire causas, breviter audi. prospiciebam …287 words
1.19 to 1.22Sentit, iudices, mulier ad ius querelae suae nec quod torserim, nec quod …317 words
1.23 to 1.25'Quid,' inquit, 'dixit, cum occideres?' miseram parricidii innocentiam …285 words
1.26 to 1.30Miratur aliquis, quod non abdicaverim, nec notissima ultione patrum …337 words
1.31 to 1.33[15] O si quis in illam vos secreti nostri potuisset adhibere …310 words
1.34Iamiam miser mori possum: explicui[t] te, sollicitudo, pietas. non …54 words

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