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florid._n florid._n ad_fw-la c._n 2._o dan._n dan._n homil._n 3._o in_o hiâ—rem_n hiâ—rem_n lib._n 2._o eleg_a 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la divinat_fw-la in_o conviv_n conviv_n in_o magia_n philosoph_n philosoph_n gen._n 12_o 12_o in_o epinomide_n lib._n 2._o c._n 6._o 6._o civit._fw-la dâ—i_fw-la lib._n 18._o c._n 14._o 14._o aeneid_n 6_o 6_o praep._n evang._n lib._n 2._o c._n 2._o 2._o orat_fw-la exhortat_fw-la ad_fw-la ventes_fw-la ventes_fw-la apolog._n pro_fw-la christian_n sympos_fw-la l._n 2._o qu._n 3._o 3._o lib._n cont_n faustum_n manch_n manch_n praep._n evan._n l._n 13._o 13._o lib._n de_fw-fr animi_fw-la immortalitate_fw-la immortalitate_fw-la in_o apolog_n et_fw-fr in_o conclus_fw-la conclus_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o quintil._n lib._n 1._o 1._o hâ—b_n domad_a l._n 7._o 7._o lib._n 10._o de_fw-la perenni_fw-la philosoph_n c._n 7._o lic_n 2._o in_o post_n elâ—acis_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 3._o daemonom_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 5._o de_fw-fr spectris_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 3._o 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