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a_o please_a symmetry_n throughout_o for_o when_o a_o great_a assembly_n of_o man_n of_o as_o different_a humour_n and_o inclination_n as_o age_n or_o profession_n be_v equal_o touch_v with_o a_o speech_n that_o concurrence_n of_o opinion_n and_o joint_a approbation_n be_v a_o undoubted_a proof_n of_o the_o force_n and_o greatness_n thereof_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o five_o source_n or_o head_n of_o loftiness_n there_o be_v five_o principal_a head_n of_o loftiness_n but_o they_o all_o presuppose_v a_o good_a faculty_n of_o speak_v as_o a_o common_a foundation_n without_o which_o they_o can_v stand_v that_o therefore_o be_v suppose_v the_o first_o and_o most_o considerable_a be_v a_o regular_a elevation_n of_o thought_n as_o be_v already_o show_v in_o our_o remark_n upon_o xenophon_n the_o second_o consist_v in_o be_v pathetical_a by_o which_o be_v mean_v that_o enthusiasm_n and_o natural_a vehemency_n which_o touch_v and_o affect_v we_o these_o two_o first_o we_o owe_v chief_o to_o 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