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character_n of_o infamy_n be_v teach_v to_o call_v that_o family_n accurse_a which_o have_v so_o base_a a_o father_n tiresias_n be_v esteem_v unfortunate_a because_o he_o can_v not_o see_v his_o friend_n and_o child_n the_o poor_a man_n be_v blind_a with_o age_n but_o athamas_n and_o agave_n be_v more_o miserable_a who_o do_v see_v their_o child_n but_o take_v they_o for_o lion_n and_o stag_n the_o parent_n be_v miserable_o frantic_a but_o of_o all_o they_o deplore_v the_o misery_n of_o hercules_n who_o when_o he_o see_v his_o child_n take_v they_o for_o enemy_n and_o endeavour_v to_o destroy_v they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o all_o vicious_a parent_n that_o a_o man_n enemy_n be_v they_o of_o his_o own_o house_n be_v account_v a_o great_a calamity_n but_o it_o be_v worse_o when_o we_o love_v they_o tender_o and_o fond_o and_o yet_o do_v they_o all_o the_o despite_n we_o wish_v to_o enemy_n but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o in_o many_o case_n we_o do_v more_o mischief_n to_o our_o 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