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ratione_fw-la tibi_fw-la pereunt_fw-la primordia_fw-la rerum_fw-la fiet_fw-la uti_fw-la risu_fw-la tremulo_fw-la concussa_fw-la cachinnent_fw-la et_fw-la lacrumis_n falsiâ—_n humectent_n ora_fw-la genasque_fw-la last_o if_o in_o thing_n obvious_a to_o our_o eye_n you_o think_v they_o can_v be_v make_v otherwise_o except_o you_o shall_v a_o similar_v matter_n find_v for_o every_o body_n in_o its_o several_a kind_n then_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o be_v quite_o destroy_v so_o that_o it_o must_v befall_v they_o can_v into_o excessive_a laughter_n break_v or_o wet_a with_o briny_a tear_n the_o face_n and_o cheek_n if_o there_o remain_v nothing_o save_o corpuscle_n in_o the_o world_n and_o that_o they_o result_v from_o similar_v principle_n then_o must_v they_o in_o like_a manner_n be_v concrete_a rational_a and_o animate_v thing_n such_o as_o principle_n can_v be_v imagine_v for_o if_o thing_n sensible_a necessary_o consist_v of_o part_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n 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