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with_o we_o a_o affliction_n that_o permit_v he_o to_o suspend_v his_o revenge_n and_o to_o tarry_v for_o his_o arm_n before_o he_o go_v to_o the_o combat_n a_o affliction_n so_o patient_a ought_v not_o to_o have_v push_v he_o to_o this_o unusual_a barbarity_n after_o the_o fight_n be_v over_o but_o let_v we_o disengage_v our_o friendship_n from_o our_o aversion_n the_o sweet_a the_o tender_a of_o virtue_n do_v not_o bring_v forth_o effect_n so_o contrary_a to_o nature_n achilles_n find_v they_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o nature_n it_o be_v not_o to_o the_o friend_n of_o patroclus_n but_o to_o the_o inhuman_a and_o inexorable_a achilles_n that_o they_o belong_v all_o the_o world_n will_v easy_o consent_v to_o it_o however_o the_o vice_n of_o the_o hero_n will_v not_o fall_v upon_o the_o poet._n homer_n intention_n be_v more_o to_o describe_v the_o nature_n such_o as_o he_o see_v it_o than_o to_o make_v hero_n