Book 9
2.24
I do not agree with those who extend the name of figure to a statement that something has happened unexpectedly to the speaker himself, like the following passage from Pollio: Gentlemen, I never thought it would come to pass that, when Scaurus was the accused, I should have to entreat you not to allow influence to carry any weight on his behalf.
2.25
The figure known as concession springs from practically the same source as communication; it occurs when we leave some things to the judgment of the jury, or even in some cases of our opponents, as when Calvus says to Vatinius, Summon all your assurance and assert that you have a better claim than Cato to be elected praetor.
2.26
The figures best adapted for intensifying emotion consist chiefly in simulation. For we may feign that we are angry, glad, afraid, filled with wonder, grief or indignation, or that we wish something, and so on. Hence we get passages like the following: I am free, I breathe again, pro Mil. xviii. 47. or, It is well, or, What madness is this? pro Muren. vi. 14. or, Alas! for these degenerate days! in Cat. i. 2. or, Woe is me; for though all my tears are shed my grief still clings to me deep-rooted in my heart, Phil.. xxvi. 64. or, Gape now, wide earth. Unknown. To this some give the name of exclamation,
