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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fish_n that_o grow_v mad_a after_o midsummer_n clark_n of_o the_o market_n metropolis_n of_o egypt_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 300000._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o than_o a_o bushel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2700000_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o timaeus_n the_o historian_n historian_n nicias_n nicias_n image_n of_o mercury_n mercury_n proserpina_n three_o eminent_a citizen_n citizen_n theramenes_n cothurnus_fw-la nicias_n act_n of_o devotion_n his_o timorousness_n informer_n poor_a man_n informer_n author_n reservedness_n his_o caution_n his_o success_n cleon._n alcibiades_n embassy_n to_o sparta_n ostracism_n hyperbolus_n nicias_n against_o thâ—_n war._n prodigy_n meton_n socrates_n his_o genius_n lamachus_n gylippus_n a_o eclipse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 35000._o l._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o street_n be_v exceed_o narrow_a &_o crooked_a and_o build_v most_o with_o timber_n after_o it_o have_v be_v burn_v by_o the_o gaul_n he_o allude_v to_o aesop_n fable_n of_o the_o sack_n that_o we_o put_v our_o own_o fault_n in_o the_o bottom_n and_o other_o man_n in_o the_o top_n of_o it_o great_a commander_n who_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n philip_n antigonus_n hannibal_n sertorius_n and_o other_o sertorius_n compare_v with_o eumenes_n sertorius_n be_v of_o a_o noble_a family_n sertorius_n be_v a_o good_a orator_n he_o swim_v cross_v the_o rhosne_fw-fr in_o his_o armour_n he_o be_v send_v as_o a_o spy_n into_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o cimbri_n and_o teutones_n to_o discover_v their_o design_n he_o be_v send_v into_o spain_n under_o didius_n the_o praetor_n he_o recover_v the_o city_n of_o castulo_n he_o deceive_v the_o gyrisaenians_n and_o take_v their_o city_n he_o be_v make_v quaestor_n of_o gallia_n 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