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etc._n balzac_n 1_o may_v 1637._o letter_n fourteen_o sir_n you_o know_v well_o how_o to_o exercise_v man_n patience_n or_o to_o speak_v more_o proper_o to_o enrage_v it_o i_o have_v have_v time_n and_o leisure_n sufficient_a to_o study_v out_o your_o riddle_n five_o post_n be_v return_v since_o the_o first_o proposal_n you_o make_v i_o of_o it_o and_o none_o of_o they_o afford_v i_o any_o light_n to_o it_o not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o word_n of_o your_o news_n or_o concern_v the_o honest_a camusat_n this_o begin_v to_o put_v i_o in_o disquiet_n and_o to_o beget_v some_o of_o those_o vain_a fear_n in_o my_o mind_n whereof_o true_a friendship_n be_v not_o unfertile_a your_o indisposition_n of_o rheum_n be_v it_o become_v of_o more_o forwardness_n and_o diligence_n then_o ordinary_a and_o have_v it_o mistake_v july_n for_o december_n can_v there_o any_o other_o accident_n betide_v you_o have_v monsieur_n the_o duke_n of_o longueville_n oblige_v you_o to_o follow_v he_o into_o germany_n 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