Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	dead_a	great_a	write_v	3,370	5	5.8199	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06713	Reflections upon ancient and modern learning. The second part, With a dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop. / By Richard Bentley, D.D. ... These additions compleat the want of the former eddition.	Wotton, William, 1666-1727.; Bentley, Richard, d. 1697. Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop.	1698 (1698)	Wing W3660; ESTC R186882	95,995	214

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of_o the_o place_n and_o not_o by_o every_o word_n he_o speak_v make_v the_o invidious_a discovery_n of_o his_o be_v a_o stranger_n but_o what_o if_o after_o all_o even_o the_o astypalaean_n themselves_o shall_v be_v find_v to_o speak_v doric_a if_o we_o make_v a_o conjecture_n from_o their_o neighbourhood_n and_o the_o company_n they_o be_v put_v in_o we_o can_v scarce_o question_v but_o they_o be_v dorian_n 488._o dorian_n lib._n x._o p._n 488._o strabo_n say_v the_o island_n lie_v between_o cos_n and_o rhodes_n and_o crete_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o all_o these_o three_o use_v the_o doric_a dialect_n be_v too_o well_o know_v to_o need_v any_o proof_n but_o let_v we_o hear_v the_o second_o apology_n for_o the_o atticism_n of_o phalaris_n scripserunt_fw-la phalaris_n sed_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la diodorus_n siculus_n nec_fw-la empedocles_n agrigentinus_fw-la nec_fw-la ocellus_n lucanus_n dorice_n sed_fw-la attice_fw-la fere_n scripserunt_fw-la he_o defend_v he_o by_o the_o like_a practice_n of_o other_o that_o be_v dorian_n bear_v repudiate_v their_o vernacular_a idiom_n for_o that_o of_o the_o athenian_n as_o diodorus_n of_o agyrium_n empedocles_n of_o agrigentum_n and_o ocellus_n of_o lucania_n so_o that_o though_o phalaris_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v a_o native_a of_o sicily_n yet_o here_o be_v a_o excuse_n for_o he_o for_o quit_v the_o language_n but_o i_o conceive_v with_o submission_n that_o this_o argument_n be_v build_v partly_o upon_o a_o vulgar_a mistake_n and_o partly_o upon_o such_o instance_n as_o be_v quite_o different_a and_o alien_n from_o the_o case_n of_o our_o epistle_n ocellus_n lucanus_n the_o pythagorean_n philosopher_n write_v a_o small_a treatise_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universe_n which_o have_v be_v several_a time_n print_v and_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a greek_a but_o if_o i_o may_v expect_v thanks_o for_o the_o discovery_n i_o dare_v engage_v to_o make_v out_o that_o the_o author_n compose_v it_o not_o in_o the_o dress_n that_o it_o now_o wear_v but_o in_o doric_a his_o own_o country_n fashion_n for_o i_o find_v it_o be_v agree_v and_o covenant_v among_o all_o the_o scholar_n of_o that_o italian_a sect_n 202._o sect_n jamblichus_n vit_n pythagor_n 202._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o use_v their_o own_o mother-tongue_n this_o be_v the_o injunction_n of_o pythagoras_n this_o be_v the_o tessera_fw-la of_o the_o whole_a party_n and_o those_o that_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o story_n will_v believe_v they_o will_v have_v lose_v their_o life_n rather_o than_o have_v break_v it_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a if_o one_o have_v publish_v a_o book_n against_o that_o injunction_n he_o will_v have_v be_v banish_v the_o society_n beside_o when_o jamblichus_n tell_v we_o of_o this_o compact_a of_o they_o he_o make_v not_o one_o exception_n to_o it_o which_o he_o can_v not_o have_v miss_v neither_o from_o ignorance_n nor_o forgetfulness_n if_o so_o common_a a_o tract_n as_o this_o of_o ocellus_n have_v be_v write_v in_o the_o attic._n nay_o we_o be_v assure_v that_o other_o piece_n of_o this_o author_n be_v make_v in_o the_o doric_a as_o one_o of_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cite_v by_o 16._o by_o eclog._n phys_n c._n 16._o stobaeus_n the_o fragment_n begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o which_o be_v plain_a demonstration_n four_o citation_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o 24._o the_o ibid._n c._n 24._o same_o writer_n out_o of_o this_o very_a book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universe_n all_o which_o be_v in_o doric_a and_o not_o as_o they_o be_v now_o extant_a in_o the_o ordinary_a dialect_n the_o first_o of_o they_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v thus_o extant_a in_o the_o vulgar_a cantab._n vulgar_a edit_fw-la cantab._n ocellus_n p._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o second_o thus_o beginning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extant_a p._n 17._o the_o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thus_o extant_a p._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extant_a in_o ordinary_a greek_a p._n 31._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o which_o passage_n these_o two_o point_n be_v manifest_o evince_v that_o ocellus_n compose_v his_o write_n in_o doric_a and_o so_o be_v false_o bring_v in_o for_o a_o excuse_n to_o our_o phalaris_n and_o which_o be_v much_o more_o considerable_a that_o this_o tract_n of_o his_o now_o extant_a be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v for_o a_o genuine_a work_n which_o hitherto_o learned_a man_n have_v doubt_v of_o from_o this_o very_a business_n of_o the_o dialect_n for_o we_o now_o see_v by_o these_o fragment_n that_o every_o word_n of_o the_o true_a book_n be_v faithful_o preserve_v the_o doric_a only_a being_n change_v into_o the_o ordinary_a language_n at_o the_o fancy_n of_o some_o copy_a since_o the_o day_n of_o stobaeus_n as_o for_o empedocles_n 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nation_n philistus_n timaeus_n ephorus_n herodotus_n dionysius_n halic_fw-mi etc._n etc._n have_v great_a reason_n to_o decline_v the_o use_n of_o their_o vernacular_a tongue_n as_o improper_a for_o history_n which_o beside_o the_o affectation_n of_o eloquence_n aim_v at_o easiness_n and_o perspicuity_n and_o be_v design_v for_o general_a use_n but_o the_o doric_a be_v course_n and_o rustic_a and_o always_o cloud_v with_o a_o obscurity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v 205._o say_v vita_fw-la pythag._n p._n 205._o porphyry_n who_o attribute_n the_o decay_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n sect_n to_o their_o writing_n in_o that_o dialect_n and_o we_o have_v just_a now_o see_v a_o instance_n of_o it_o since_o some_o body_n think_v it_o worth_a his_o labour_n to_o transcribe_v ocellus_n into_o another_o idiom_n and_o now_o what_o affinity_n be_v there_o between_o phalaris_n case_n and_o that_o of_o historian_n or_o heroic_a poet_n what_o mighty_a motive_n can_v be_v here_o for_o assume_v a_o foreign_a dialect_n the_o letter_n be_v date_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o sicily_n most_o direct_v to_o the_o next_o town_n or_o to_o some_o of_o his_o own_o domestic_n about_o private_a affair_n or_o even_o the_o expense_n of_o his_o family_n and_o never_o design_v for_o the_o public_a view_n if_o any_o will_v still_o excuse_v the_o tyrant_n for_o atticize_v in_o those_o circumstance_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o deny_v they_o the_o glory_n of_o be_v the_o faithful_a of_o his_o vassal_n xiii_o but_o since_o tyrant_n will_v not_o be_v confine_v by_o law_n let_v we_o suppose_v if_o you_o will_v that_o our_o phalaris_n may_v make_v use_n of_o the_o attic_a for_o no_o reason_n at_o all_o but_o his_o own_o arbitrary_a humour_n and_o pleasure_n yet_o we_o have_v still_o another_o indictment_n against_o the_o credit_n of_o the_o epistle_n for_o even_o the_o attic_a of_o the_o true_a phalaris_n age_n be_v not_o there_o represent_v but_o a_o more_o recent_a idiom_n and_o style_n that_o by_o the_o whole_a thread_n and_o colour_n of_o it_o betray_v itself_o to_o be_v a_o thousand_o year_n young_a than_o he._n every_o live_a language_n like_o the_o perspire_a body_n of_o live_a creature_n be_v in_o perpetual_a motion_n and_o alteration_n some_o word_n go_v off_o and_o become_v obsolete_a other_o be_v take_v in_o and_o by_o degree_n grow_v into_o common_a use_n or_o the_o same_o word_n be_v invert_v to_o a_o new_a sense_n and_o notion_n which_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n make_v as_o observable_a a_o change_n in_o the_o air_n and_o feature_n of_o a_o language_n as_o age_n make_v in_o the_o line_n and_o mien_n of_o a_o face_n all_o be_v sensible_a of_o this_o in_o their_o own_o native_a tongue_n where_o continual_a use_n make_v every_o man_n a_o critic_n for_o what_o englishman_n do_v not_o think_v himself_o able_a from_o the_o very_a turn_n and_o fashion_n of_o the_o

of_o the_o scholiast_n it_o be_v extant_a in_o vespis_n p._n 330._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o one_o aesop_n a_o ridiculous_a actor_n of_o tragedy_n but_o our_o scholiast_n himself_o be_v more_o ridiculous_a if_o it_o be_v he_o that_o write_v this_o and_o not_o some_o trifler_n that_o foist_v it_o in_o among_o the_o other_o annotation_n for_o there_o be_v no_o aesop_n a_o greek_a actor_n in_o the_o day_n of_o aristophanes_n he_o mistake_v he_o for_o the_o famous_a aesop_n in_o cicero_n time_n a_o actor_n of_o tragedy_n on_o the_o roman_a stage_n and_o far_o from_o be_v ridiculous_a quae_fw-la gravis_fw-la aesopus_n quae_fw-la doctus_fw-la roscius_n egit_fw-la but_o the_o aesop_n mean_v by_o our_o poet_n be_v the_o phrygian_a himself_n who_o fable_n be_v call_v jest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o in_o the_o other_o passage_n already_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 631._o 〈◊〉_d orat._n lxxii_o p._n 631._o dion_n chrysostom_n speak_v of_o our_o aesop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avienus_n in_o his_o preface_n aesopus_n responso_fw-la delphici_n apollinis_fw-la monitus_fw-la ridicula_fw-la orsus_fw-la est_fw-la ii_o the_o first_o that_o we_o know_v of_o who_o assay_v to_o put_v the_o aesopic_a fable_n into_o verse_n be_v socrat._v be_v plato_n in_o phaedone_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr aud._n poet._n laert._n in_o socrat._v socrates_n the_o philosopher_n laertius_n seem_v to_o hint_n that_o he_o do_v but_o one_o fable_n and_o that_o with_o no_o great_a success_n the_o beginning_n of_o it_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v observable_a again_o that_o socrates_n do_v not_o say_v he_o make_v use_v of_o a_o book_n of_o fable_n but_o i_o write_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o i_o know_v and_o that_o i_o can_v first_o call_v to_o mind_n and_o this_o fable_n too_o do_v not_o appear_v in_o our_o present_a collection_n if_o we_o may_v gather_v so_o much_o from_o his_o name_v the_o corinthian_n iii_o after_o socrates_n time_n demet._n time_n laert._n in_o demet._n demetrius_n phalereus_n make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d collection_n of_o aesopean_a fable_n which_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o in_o their_o kind_n commit_v to_o writing_n i_o mean_v in_o form_n of_o a_o book_n these_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v in_o prose_n and_o some_o perhaps_o may_v imagine_v that_o they_o be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v now_o extant_a i_o wish_v they_o be_v for_o than_o they_o will_v have_v be_v well_o write_v with_o some_o genius_n and_o spirit_n but_o i_o shall_v demonstrate_v we_o to_o be_v of_o a_o modern_a date_n and_o the_o composition_n itself_o speak_v too_o loud_a that_o it_o be_v not_o demetrius_n iv_o after_o he_o there_o be_v some_o body_n who_o name_n be_v now_o lose_v that_o make_v a_o new_a edition_n of_o the_o fable_n in_o elegiac_a verse_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o but_o in_o suidas_n who_o cite_v they_o often_o under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v set_v down_o a_o few_o fragment_n of_o they_o both_o to_o show_v that_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v observe_v that_o i_o know_v of_o and_o to_o enable_v you_o to_o judge_v whether_o if_o we_o can_v change_v our_o modern_a collection_n for_o these_o we_o shall_v not_o get_v by_o the_o bargain_n 〈◊〉_d bargain_n suida●_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o belong_v to_o the_o fable_n about_o the_o two_o bag_n that_o every_o man_n carry_v one_o before_o where_o he_o put_v other_o man_n fault_n another_o behind_o he_o where_o he_o put_v his_o own_o this_o be_v mention_v by_o catullus_n horace_n phaedrus_n galen_n themistius_n stobaeus_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v a_o blot_n upon_o our_o modern_a sett_n that_o there_o it_o be_v want_v 〈◊〉_d want_v id._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vulgo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o id._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o of_o they_o it_o seem_v be_v all_o hexameter_n 220._o hexameter_n id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o schol._n aristoph_n p._n 220._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o find_v what_o fable_n these_o piece_n relate_v to_o and_o i_o think_v they_o be_v all_o extant_a in_o the_o present_a collection_n v._o this_o you_o see_v by_o this_o specimen_fw-la be_v no_o contemptible_a author_n and_o after_o he_o come_v one_o babrius_n that_o 〈◊〉_d that_o suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v a_o new_a turn_v of_o the_o fable_n into_o choliambic_n no_o body_n that_o i_o know_v of_o mention_v he_o but_o suidas_n avienus_n and_o jo._n tzetzes_n there_o be_v one_o gabrias_n indeed_o yet_o extant_a that_o have_v comprise_v each_o fable_n in_o four_o sorry_a jambic_n but_o our_o babrius_n be_v a_o writer_n of_o another_o size_n and_o quality_n and_o be_v his_o book_n now_o extant_a it_o may_v just_o be_v oppose_v if_o not_o prefer_v to_o the_o latin_a of_o phaedrus_n there_o be_v a_o whole_a fable_n of_o his_o yet_o preserve_v at_o the_o end_n of_o gabrias_n of_o the_o swallow_n and_o the_o nightingale_n suidas_n bring_v many_o citation_n out_o of_o he_o all_o which_o show_v he_o a_o excellent_a poet_n as_o this_o of_o the_o sick_a lion_n 〈◊〉_d lion_n suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o of_o the_o boar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o great_a many_o other_o vi_o i_o need_v not_o mention_v the_o latin_a writer_n of_o the_o aesopean_a fable_n phaedrus_n xuj_o phaedrus_n aus●nius_n ep._n xuj_o julius_n titianus_n and_o avienus_n the_o two_o first_o in_o jambic_a the_o last_o in_o elegiac_a but_o i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o examine_v those_o greek_a once_o now_o extant_a that_o assume_v the_o name_n of_o aesop_n himself_o there_o be_v two_o parcel_n of_o the_o present_a fable_n the_o one_o which_o be_v the_o more_o ancient_a cxxxvi_o in_o number_n be_v first_o publish_v out_o of_o the_o heidelberg_n library_n by_o neveletus_n a._n d._n mdcx._n the_o editor_n himself_o well_o observe_v that_o they_o be_v false_o ascribe_v to_o aesop_n because_o they_o 152._o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fab._n 152._o mention_v holy_a monk_n to_o which_o i_o will_v add_v another_o remark_n that_o there_o be_v a_o sentence_n out_o of_o job_n 21._o job_n see_v fab._n 288._o job_n i._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naked_a we_o all_o come_v and_o naked_a shall_v we_o return_v but_o because_o these_o two_o passage_n be_v in_o the_o epimythion_n and_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o fable_n itself_o they_o may_v just_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v addition_n only_o and_o interpolation_n of_o the_o true_a book_n i_o shall_v therefore_o give_v some_o better_a reason_n to_o prove_v they_o be_v a_o recent_a work_n that_o they_o can_v be_v aesop_n own_o the_o clxxxi_o fable_n be_v a_o demonstrative_a proof_n for_o that_o be_v a_o story_n of_o demades_n the_o rhetor_n who_o live_v above_o cc_o year_n after_o our_o phrygian_n time_n the_o cxciii_o be_v about_o momus_n carp_n at_o the_o work_n of_o the_o go_n there_o he_o find_v this_o fault_n in_o the_o bull_n that_o his_o eye_n be_v not_o place_v in_o his_o horn_n so_o as_o he_o may_v see_v where_o he_o push_v but_o nigrino_n but_o in_o nigrino_n lucian_n speak_v of_o the_o same_o fable_n have_v it_o thus_o that_o his_o horn_n be_v not_o place_v right_o before_o his_o eye_n and_o 54._o and_o de_fw-fr part._n anim_fw-la l._n iii._o p._n 54._o aristotle_n have_v it_o a_o three_o way_n that_o his_o horn_n be_v not_o place_v about_o his_o shoulder_n where_o he_o may_v make_v the_o strong_a push_n but_o in_o the_o tender_a part_n his_o head_n again_o momus_n blame_v this_o in_o the_o man_n that_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o hang_v on_o the_o outside_n of_o he_o so_o as_o his_o thought_n may_v be_v see_v but_o in_o hermotimo_fw-la in_o in_o hermotimo_fw-la lucian_n the_o fault_n be_v that_o he_o have_v not_o a_o window_n in_o his_o breast_n i_o think_v it_o probable_a from_o