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marcâs_fw-la de_fw-la filio_fw-la svo_fw-la commodo_fw-la &_o est_fw-la in_o salo_fw-la &_o fluctu_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la herodi_n i_o 1._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d hippocrat_n ãâ¦ã_z a_o ãâã_d of_o glory_n per_fw-la catachresin_n pro_fw-la omnipraemio_fw-la et_fw-la psal._n 103._o 4._o use_v ãâ¦ã_z exod._n 20._o 12._o levit_n 9_o 32._o turpe_fw-la est_fw-la sapienu_fw-la cam_fw-la habeât_fw-la animâ_n captarâ_n laudes_fw-la ex_fw-la corpore_fw-la plut._n ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z gloria_fw-la senum_fw-la est_fw-la canities_n âd_a est_fw-la ãâã_d bed_n exp_n in_o sam_n c._n 2._o si_fw-mi sum_fw-la sophocles_n non_fw-la delito_fw-la idâlâo_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la sophocles_n prou._n 20._o 29._o sââa_fw-la foecunditas_fw-la ambr._n l._n 5_o epist_n 31._o 2._o sam._n 19_o 34._o 35_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d antisâ_n apud_fw-la laert_n lib._n 7._o dorion_n ãâ¦ã_z lib_n gent._n ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z quosiudices_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâ¦ã_z honestissimum_fw-la senectuus_fw-la ãâã_d nusquam_fw-la senâctus_fw-la honoratior_fw-la câc_fw-la manet_fw-la eorum_fw-la vita_fw-la ovorum_fw-la manet_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la amb._n l._n 5._o orat_fw-la suneb._fw-mi de_fw-fr viâginio_n ruâo_n inquit_fw-la ph._n mortalitas_fw-la make_fw-mi be_v finâa_fw-fr quâm_fw-la vita_fw-la est_fw-la l._n 2._o ep._n 1._o psal._n 89._o 20._o eccle._n 12._o 14._o prou._n 16._o 2._o ãâã_d 8._o ãâ¦ã_z num._n 22._o 31._o dan._n 5._o 5._o 27._o mar._n 27._o joseph_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr bell_n jud._n c_o 3._o sperandum_fw-la certe_fw-la non_fw-la crat_fw-mi ut_fw-la maximum_fw-la deilumen_fw-la facta_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z gen._n 4._o 10._o origen_n vocat_fw-la signataspecatorum_fw-la imagine_v si_fw-mi quis_fw-la solus_fw-la est_fw-la âemetipsum_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ârubescat_fw-la l.7_n ep._n â4_n hebr._n 4._o 12._o 2._o sanâ_n 12._o math._n 8._o non_fw-la ad_fw-la verba_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la animum_fw-la respondet_fw-la act_n 12._o 10._o sonah_n 1._o 3._o gen._n 42._o 22._o ãâã_d 44._o 16._o ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z 1._o sam._n 15._o use_v gen._n 4._o 7._o pars_fw-la ulâ_n in_o the_o waâ_n of_o righteousness_n non_fw-fr de_fw-fr aetate_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la ment_fw-la iudicium_fw-la est_fw-la origen_n non_fw-la annorum_fw-la canities_n est_fw-la laudanda_fw-la sed_fw-la morum_fw-la ambr._n perfecta_fw-la aetas_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la perfecta_fw-la virtus_fw-la ambr._n orat_fw-la âun_v ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z gen._n 27._o 36._o 38._o ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z ne_n ovod_fw-la fuimuâuâ_n sumusue_v cras_fw-la erimus_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la nati_fw-la sumus_fw-la eamque_fw-la fugere_fw-la ne_fw-la fortissimi_fw-la possunt_fw-la eleazar_n apud_fw-la joseph_n de_fw-fr bell_n jud._n l._n 7._o c._n 28._o diog_n apud_fw-la laert._n l._n 6._o gââ_n 32._o 10._o 2._o king_n 4._o 29._o 32._o as_o socââtes_n &_o â_o ãâ¦ã_z plut._n rom._n 3._o 12._o 16._o 17._o tuâillos_fw-la reverere_fw-la primus_fw-la verè_fw-la confuâio_fw-la ett_n &_o irrisio_fw-la ur_fw-la camtiem_fw-la ornamentum_fw-la extrinsecus_fw-la intrinsecus_fw-la autem_fw-la animum_fw-la habeant_fw-la puerilem_fw-la chryâ_n in_o heb._n ho._n 7._o plut._n de_fw-fr iwen_n &_o sen._n inquit_fw-la ambr._n illi_fw-la de_fw-la aetate_fw-la suppetit_fw-la excusatio_fw-la mihi_fw-la iam_fw-la nulla_fw-la illa_fw-la enim_fw-la debet_fw-la disceâe_fw-la nos_fw-la docere_fw-la de_fw-mi poen_fw-mi l_o 2._o c._n 8._o zânophââ_n l._n 1._o joh._n 7._o 48._o 1._o pet._n 5._o 3._o ezek._n 8._o 12._o ãâã_d in_o ãâã_d 1._o tâm_fw-la 6._o âo_o cum_fw-la curâcta_fw-la viââa_fw-la in_o see_v senescant_fw-la sola_fw-la avariâa_fw-la ãâã_d nescit_fw-la de_fw-fr dâuitibus_fw-la inquit_fw-la greg._n naz._n otat_fw-la 28._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n plot._n plin_n l._n 36._o c._n 5._o de_fw-fr bell_n âud_n l_o 7._o cââ5_n ãâ¦ã_z 2._o king_n 5._o 26._o laert._n l._n 6._o senex_fw-la quasi_fw-la seminex_fw-la semimortuus_fw-la 2._o king_n 1._o 9_o 10._o casus_fw-la dubâa_fw-la infirmitas_fw-la gravia_fw-la senectus_fw-la âeâta_fw-la nuntiat_fw-la pli._n l._n 16._o c_o 27_o cursu_fw-la opus_fw-la eât_fw-la &_o curiu_fw-la valido_fw-la chrys_n he_o 7._o in_o ep_n ad_fw-la he._n ad_fw-la unum_fw-la tan_o âùm_fw-la festinat_fw-la currendo_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la accipiat_fw-la palmam_fw-la âb_fw-la ne_fw-fr ââhi_fw-la veteres_fw-la virtutes_fw-la enumeres_fw-la núc_fw-la quoque_fw-la iuvenis_fw-la esto_fw-la chry._n ibid._n plin_n lib_n 7._o c._n 2._o annos_fw-la duâ_n enos_fw-mi vivere_fw-la in_fw-la iuventa_fw-la candido_fw-la capillo_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o senectute_fw-la nigres_fw-la cat_n luâ_n 6._o cu_z see_v ãâ¦ã_z laborat_fw-la ibid._n phil._n 3_o beatus_fw-la qui_fw-la nó_n stint_v hoc_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la dru_fw-la âmmoratus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o via_fw-la peccatorú_fw-it ãâã_d psal._n that_o vires_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la se_fw-la âtaque_fw-la quò_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z 8._o 14._o in_o isto_fw-la adhuc_fw-la mundo_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z beatus_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la ictu_fw-la morââ_n animum_fw-la convertit_fw-la à _fw-la vitâs_fw-la ambr._n basilân_n precept_n jatius_fw-la disp_n adâ_n uc_v ago_o permanet_fw-la adhuc_fw-la palma_fw-la pendet_fw-la chr_n s._n ad_fw-la heb._n 7._o exhalatis_fw-la virosis_fw-la &_o turbidis_fw-la partibus_fw-la odoratiorem_fw-la habâre_fw-la &_o virtutem_fw-la aromaticam_fw-la plut_z cuâus_fw-la vultum_fw-la intrantes_fw-la tristem_fw-la excuntâs_fw-la exhâlaratuâ_n putant_fw-la pââ_n lib._n 36._o c._n 5._o ãâã_d 46._o 6._o ãâ¦ã_z
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