Quis nunc feret oratorem de infirmitate valetudinis suae praefantem, qualia sunt fere principia Corvini? Quis quinque in Verrem libros exspectabit? Quis de exceptione et formula perpetietur ilea immensa volumina quae pro M. Tullio aut Aulo  Caecina legimus? Praecurrit hoc tempore iudex dicentem et, nisi aut cursu argumentorum aut colore sententiarum aut nitore et cultu descriptionum invitatus et corruptus est, aversatur [dicentem].
Would anyone today put up with a speaker who begins by referring to his own poor health'the usual sort of introduction with Corvinus? Would anyone sit out the five orations against Verres? Would anyone endure the interminable arguments about pleas and procedure which we get in the speeches delivered in defence of M. Tullius or Aulus Caecina? Nowadays your judge travels faster than counsel, and if he cannot find something to engage his interest and prejudice him in your favour in a good-going proof, or in piquant utterances, or in brilliant and highly wrought pen-pictures, he is against you.
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