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Here honour is paid to Galba's speech in his defence (Extat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur: qui tanto in honore pueris nobis erat, ut eum etiam edisceremus).
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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Cuius generis versus in primo et secundo Rameidos libro nusquam nisi ad finem capitum apposita inveniuntur, et huic loco unice sunt accommodata, quasi peroratio, lyricis numeris assurgens, quo magis canorae cadant clausulae: sicut musici in concentibus extremis omnium vocum instrumentorumque ictu fortiore aures percellere amant.
Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866
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We could also talk about the second half of the book (chapter XV onward) where he shoots down opposing views of Princely qualities and creates his own set of values, which is the peroratio (conclusion) where he makes appeals to pathos (emotions) especially the last paragraph with words like love, vengeance, loyalty, tears etc.
Soob 2008
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We could also talk about the second half of the book (chapter XV onward) where he shoots down opposing views of Princely qualities and creates his own set of values, which is the peroratio (conclusion) where he makes appeals to pathos (emotions) especially the last paragraph with words like love, vengeance, loyalty, tears etc.
Soob 2008
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We could also talk about the second half of the book (chapter XV onward) where he shoots down opposing views of Princely qualities and creates his own set of values, which is the peroratio (conclusion) where he makes appeals to pathos (emotions) especially the last paragraph with words like love, vengeance, loyalty, tears etc.
Soob 2008
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"That," quoth the other complacently, "was my final argument, my crowning effort, or peroratio, as the orators have it.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"That," quoth the other complacently, "was my final argument, my crowning effort, or peroratio, as the orators have it.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"That," quoth the other complacently, "was my final argument, my crowning effort, or _peroratio_, as the orators have it.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"That," quoth the other complacently, "was my final argument, my crowning effort, or peroratio, as the orators have it.
The White Company 1890
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