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towards_o a_o saviour_n in_o love_v who_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o endless_a happiness_n do_v consist_v sect._n 8._o in_o the_o behold_n of_o a_o interlude_n or_o in_o the_o read_n of_o a_o romance_n man_n will_v be_v often_o so_o affect_v with_o the_o lively_a representation_n of_o some_o incomparable_a lover_n and_o of_o his_o admirable_a suffering_n for_o the_o dear_a object_n of_o his_o love_n as_o to_z let_v fall_v tear_n at_o the_o solemnity_n now_o what_o other_o reason_n can_v be_v give_v why_o man_n shall_v thus_o be_v real_a lover_n of_o a_o imaginary_a virtue_n and_o unfeigned_o concern_v in_o another_o man_n fiction_n whilst_o they_o know_v and_o consider_v it_o be_v but_o a_o fiction_n but_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n as_o man_n before_o he_o degenerate_v into_o a_o brute_n both_o to_o love_n the_o virtuous_a and_o to_o compassionate_v the_o miserable_a to_o espouse_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o best-deserving_a and_o to_o side_n with_o innocence_n in_o her_o affliction_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v avoidable_a that_o he_o who_o can_v love_v goodness_n without_o any_o reference_n to_o himself_o his_o private_a interess_n and_o end_n have_v dear_o buy_v that_o disability_n which_o he_o can_v never_o have_v get_v at_o a_o low_a rate_n than_o that_o of_o part_v with_o his_o humanity_n and_o pluck_v up_o by_o the_o root_n those_o flower_n of_o paradise_n which_o the_o god_n of_o good_a nature_n have_v plant_v in_o he_o and_o if_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o lord_n how_o strange_a be_v the_o impiety_n and_o how_o mysterious_a the_o unhappiness_n to_o be_v less_o affect_v with_o the_o beauty_n and_o
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