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sed_fw-la dissimulatio_fw-la curae_fw-la praecipua_fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 4._o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la in_o historia_fw-la pura_fw-la &_o illustri_fw-la brevitate_fw-la dulcius_fw-la cic._n ad_fw-la brut._n in_o sententia_fw-la nihil_fw-la absurdum_fw-la aut_fw-la alienum_fw-la aut_fw-la subinsulsum_fw-la in_fw-la verbis_fw-la nihil_fw-la inquinaetum_fw-la abjectum_fw-la non_fw-la aptum_fw-la durum_fw-la longè_fw-la petitum_fw-la cic._n the_o ope_v gen_n orat._n non_fw-la debet_fw-la quisquam_fw-la ubi_fw-la maxima_fw-la rerum_fw-la momentae_fw-la versantur_fw-la solicitus_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la verbis_fw-la fab._n l._n 8._o c._n 3._o ut_fw-la monilibus_fw-la &_o margaritis_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ornaementa_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la deformantur_fw-la viri_fw-la nec_fw-la habitus_fw-la triumphalis_fw-la quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la augustius_fw-la foeminas_fw-la decet_fw-la fab._n l._n 11._o c._n 1._o ornatus_fw-la omnis_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la suâ_fw-la quà ns_fw-la rei_fw-la cui_fw-la adhibetur_fw-la â—_z constat_fw-la ibid._n si_fw-mi oratio_fw-la perderet_fw-la gratiam_fw-la simplicis_fw-la &_o inaffectati_fw-la coloris_fw-la perderet_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la fab._n l._n 9_o c._n 4._o in_o judicio_fw-la de_fw-fr thucyd._n homerus_fw-la brevem_fw-la quidem_fw-la cum_fw-la animi_fw-la jucunditate_fw-la propriam_fw-la carentem_fw-la superfluis_fw-la eloquentiam_fw-la menelao_n dedit_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la virtutes_fw-la generis_fw-la primi_fw-la fab._n l._n 12._o c._n 10._o exponere_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la exornâ—atione_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr invent._n l._n 2_o nor._n dicere_fw-la ornatiùs_fw-la quam_fw-la simplex_fw-la ratio_fw-la veritatis_fw-la ferat_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr orat._n l._n 1._o xenophonâ—is_fw-la illam_fw-la jucunditatem_fw-la inaffectatam_fw-la quam_fw-la nullae_fw-la affectatâ—â—_n consequi_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsae_fw-la sermonem_fw-la gratia_n finicissè_fw-la videantur_fw-la faâ—_n l._n 10._o c._n 1._o plutarch_n herm._n de_fw-fr idaeis_n l._n 2._o in_o rebus_fw-la magnis_fw-la memoriâque_fw-la dignis_fw-la historiam_fw-la versari_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr orat._n l._n 2._o historiam_fw-la assuetam_fw-la discurrere_fw-la per_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la celsitudines_fw-la non_fw-la humilium_fw-la minutias_fw-la indagare_fw-la causarum_fw-la ammian_n marcell_n l._n 26._o equidem_fw-la non_fw-la affirmare_fw-la sustineo_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dubito_fw-la nec_fw-la subducere_fw-la quae_fw-la accepi_fw-la curt._n l._n 9_o apud_fw-la herodotum_fw-la sunt_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la fabulae_fw-la de_fw-fr leg._n