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afferted affirms againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt ancient Ariftotle aſked Aulus Gellius becauſe betwixt Cæcilius Cæfar called Cato cauſe cenfors Chap Cicero confiftent cuſtom defire Demofthenes difpute diftinction Diogenes Laertius elegant Ennius Epictetus Epicurus expreffed expreffion Fabricius faid fame fatires Favorinus fays fecond feems fenate feven fhall fignify filent fimilar fince firft firſt flave folemn fome fometimes fubject fuch fuppofed Gellius greateſt Greek Herodotus hiftory himſelf Homer honour horſe houſe itſelf kindneſs Latin learned mafter meaning Menander mentioned moft moſt muſt myſelf obferved occafion opinion oration paffage paffed penus perfon philofopher Plato Plautus Plutarch poet praiſe prefent purpoſe Pythagoras queſtion reader reafon reſpect Roman Rome ſaid Salluft ſay ſeems ſeven ſhould ſpeak ſtill thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tranflated ufed ufual uſed Varro verfes verſes Virgil whilft whofe whoſe wind word writers wrote
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