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money_n but_o his_o atar_n or_o apothecary_n find_v a_o way_n to_o have_v the_o doctor_n satisfy_v for_o his_o pain_n they_o never_o permit_v the_o sick_a to_o change_v their_o linen_n how_o nasty_a soever_o it_o be_v when_o they_o come_v home_o to_o the_o patient_n though_o they_o find_v he_o ready_a to_o expire_v they_o tell_v the_o servant_n that_o he_o will_v certain_o recover_v but_o then_o on_o the_o other_o side_n they_o go_v to_o the_o parent_n or_o kindred_n of_o the_o patient_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o the_o patient_n be_v in_o a_o desperate_a condition_n and_o can_v live_v by_o this_o mean_n they_o save_v their_o credit_n for_o happen_v what_o will_v they_o have_v tell_v truth_n either_o of_o the_o one_o side_n or_o the_o other_o chap._n xvi_o of_o the_o division_n of_o time_n among_o the_o persian_n the_o persian_n divide_v the_o natural_a day_n into_o four_o part_n the_o first_o be_v from_o sunrising_n to_o noon_n the_o second_o from_o noon_n to_o sunset_n the_o three_o 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