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bear_v it_o portend_v foreshewn_a too_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 185._o 185._o pag._n 185._o lin_v 4._o strange_a sight_n prodigy_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 6._o let_v pass_v small_a etc._n etc._n lin_v 21._o a_o stoical_a error_n trouble_n providence_n extend_v to_o the_o small_a thing_n without_o any_o trouble_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o small_a as_o to_o escape_v the_o notice_n of_o the_o godhead_n and_o no_o trouble_n neither_o in_o this_o since_o as_o clem._n alexandr_n write_v stromat_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v not_o divide_v into_o part_n distract_v nor_o pass_v from_o place_n to_o place_n but_o be_v everywhere_o always_o and_o nowhere_a circumscribe_v all_o mind_n all_o light_n all_o eye_n see_v hear_v and_o know_v all_o thing_n our_o party_n etc._n etc._n l._n 24._o in_o who_o virtue_n be_v be_v no_o misery_n in_o the_o stoique_n opinion_n where_o virtue_n be_v there_o be_v nothing_o want_v to_o happy_a live_n be_v a_o stoical_a paradox_n perfection_n 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