was to continue always in an imposing attitudebut to be ready to slip away, so that, when his antagonist gathered uphis strength to make a hit, the force was always expended on vacancy.The Romans grew extremely impatient of a series of tactics whichshowed no immediate result; and Fabius, having… … far as to charge him with treachery; to which he made, what is usuallycalled, the noble reply, Fabius cannot be suspected. It seems to have been extremely easy to get a reputation for noble replies among the Romans, since the mere denial of a charge, amount-ing to the commonplace plea of not…
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