Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 33

ante hunc enim verborum quasi structura et quaedam ad numerum conclusio nulla erat aut, si quando erat, non apparebat eam dedita opera esse quaesitam - quae forsitan laus sit, verum tamen natura magis tum casuque, non umquam aut ratione aliqua aut ulla observatione fiebat.

"Before him there was no deliberate structure of words, as it were, and no rhythmic close; or if it occasionally occurred, it was not apparent that it had been sought intentionally. That may perhaps be a merit, but at that time it arose more through nature and chance, never through any method or conscious observation."

«Avant lui, en effet, il n'existait aucune construction pour ainsi dire architecturée des mots, ni aucune conclusion rythmique; ou, si cela se rencontrait parfois, rien ne montrait qu'on l'eût délibérément recherché. Ce peut être un mérite; néanmoins, cela venait alors davantage de la nature et du hasard, jamais d'une méthode ou d'une observation quelconque.»