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v_o 2._o n._n 30._o q_o 6._o amazonâ—s_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o v_o 3._o n_o 2._o q._n 7._o astronomer_n can_v they_o know_v the_o bigness_n of_o the_o sun_n v_o 3._o n._n 2._o q._n 8._o army_n when_o engage_v do_v god_n fight_v for_o one_o v_o 3._o n._n 6._o q._n 1._o army_n see_v in_o the_o air_n v_o 3._o n._n 6._o q._n 6._o art_n and_o science_n how_o many_o may_v be_v attain_v v_o 3._o n._n 9_o q._n 1._o atheism_n who_o its_o first_o founder_n v_o 3._o n._n 9_o q_o 4._o ark_n what_o become_v of_o it_o after_o the_o fl_fw-mi v_o 3._o n._n 9_o q._n 10._o adam_n whether_o he_o will_v have_v multiply_v child_n v_o 3._o n._n 10_o q._n 4._o antipathy_n in_o nature_n v_o 3._o n._n 11._o q._n 2._o angel_n whether_o one_o make_v a_o species_n v_o 3._o n._n 11._o q._n 3._o alderm_n in_o the_o city_n 7_o quest._n in_o one_o v_o 3._o n._n 12._o q._n 1._o athenian_z whether_o their_o credit_n v_o 3._o n._n 13._o q._n 4._o adul_a whether_o the_o law_n against_o it_o v_o 3._o n._n 13._o 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