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〈◊〉_d 6._o c._n 14._o 14._o bel._n celtico_fw-la celtico_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 123._o 123._o sir_n paul_n ricaut_n of_o the_o turkish_a empire_n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o p._n 133._o 133._o aen._n 6._o v._n 751._o 751._o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la serm._n 139_o &_o 142._o 142._o de_fw-fr resur_n c._n 1._o sed_fw-la platonici_fw-la immortalem_fw-la animam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d contrario_fw-la reclamant_fw-la immo_fw-la adhuc_fw-la proxime_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o corpora_fw-la remeabilem_fw-la affirmant_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o humà na_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la ut_fw-la euphorbus_n in_o pythagoram_n homerus_fw-la in_o pavum_fw-la recenseantur_fw-la certè_fw-la recidivatum_fw-la animae_fw-la corporalem_fw-la pronunciaverunt_fw-la tolerabilius_fw-la mutatâ_fw-la quam_fw-la negatâ_fw-la qualitate_fw-la pulsatâ_fw-la saltem_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la aditâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la ita_fw-la saeculum_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la morcuorum_fw-la nec_fw-la quum_fw-la errat_fw-la 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