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〈◊〉_d homer_n odyss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n heracl_n hinc_fw-la demosthenes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristid_n in_o cimon_n et_fw-la inde_fw-la diverbium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neminem_fw-la prope_fw-la magnorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la filium_fw-la optimum_fw-la reliquisse_fw-la satis_fw-la claret_n tales_n plerique_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la melius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la sine_fw-la posteritate_fw-la discedere_fw-la spartian_a in_o severo_n severo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matth._n 12._o 39_o &_o 16._o 4._o spuria_n soboles_fw-la ut_fw-la rectè_fw-la piscat_fw-la piscat_fw-la ezech._n 16._o 3._o non_fw-la de_fw-la eorum_fw-la semine_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-fr imitatione_n generati_fw-la greg._n mor._n l._n 20._o c._n 11._o quibus_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la necessitudo_fw-la sed_fw-la morum_fw-la similitudo_fw-la iungebat_fw-la origen_n in_o rom._n 4._o 4._o rom._n 6._o 6_o 7._o vide_fw-la aug._n epist_n 200._o 200._o joh._n 1._o 47._o 47._o galat._n 6._o 16._o psal._n 128._o 6._o &_o 125._o 5._o 5._o esai_n 26._o 3_o &_o 57_o 19_o 19_o psal._n 119._o 165._o 165._o joh._n 14._o 27._o 27._o pacem_fw-la omnimodam_fw-la jun._n jun._n esai_n 48._o 22._o &_o 57_o 21._o 21._o philip._n 4._o 7._o 7._o matth._n 24._o 13._o apoc._n 2._o 10._o 10._o 1._o petr._n 1._o 9_o 9_o vnum_fw-la è_fw-la duobus_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la proficere_fw-la aut_fw-la prorsus_fw-la deficere_fw-la bern._n in_o cant._n cant._n 2._o pet._n 3._o 18._o 18._o author_n opus_fw-la laudat_fw-la ovid_n de_fw-fr pont_n lib._n 4._o eleg_a 9_o 9_o prov._n 1._o 1._o author_n author_n 2._o pet._n 1._o 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o tim._n 3._o 16._o 16._o 2._o chron._n 1._o 12._o 1._o king_n 3._o 12._o matter_n matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o dominari_fw-la significat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la dignitates_fw-la quae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la domine_fw-la &_o moderatrices_fw-la esse_fw-la debent_fw-la cartwright_n in_o prov._n coherence_n coherence_n vers_fw-la 13._o 13._o vers_fw-la 14._o 14._o vers_fw-la 13._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n the_o tranquil_a dolores_fw-la eo_fw-la acerbiores_fw-la quo_fw-la interiores_fw-la aug._n in_o psal._n 45._o 45._o molestissimum_fw-la malum_fw-la intestinum_fw-la &_o domesticum_fw-la bern._n in_o cant._n serm_n 29._o 29._o matth._n 10._o 36._o mica_n 7._o 6._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesiod_n op_n hinc_fw-la themistocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la uâ—tus_fw-la verbum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la mali_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la viciâ—um_fw-la malum_fw-la plaut_n merc_n act_n 4._o sc_n 4._o 4._o quot_fw-la serui_fw-la tot_fw-la host_n sen._n epist_n 47._o macrob._n sat._n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o &_o fest._n lit_fw-fr q._n quot_fw-la serui_fw-la tot_fw-la fures_fw-la seru._n ad_fw-la virg._n 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