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12.8.

numposse, could they (or he), he asked, etc. (§ 586 (338); B. 315. 2; G. 651. R. 1; H. 642. 2 (523. ii. 2); H-B. 591. a). The infin. is used because the question is not a real one expecting an answer, but a rhetorical one asked for effect, and implying its own answer. Such questions are treated in indir. disc. as declarative sentences. — iniuriarum depends on memoriam below.


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