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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o kind_n of_o figure_n and_o how_o powerful_a homer_n and_o virgil_n their_o proper_a praise_n and_o incomparable_a excellency_n opus_fw-la emblematicum_fw-la vermiculatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o excellency_n of_o that_o art_n and_o how_o imitate_v in_o the_o collocation_n of_o word_n diony_n halicarn_n and_o hadrianus_n the_o cardinal_n their_o testimony_n concern_v the_o ravish_a power_n of_o elegant_a elocution_n ancient_a orator_n their_o adscribe_v their_o extemporary_a speak_n upon_o emergent_a occasion_n to_o nescio_fw-la quis_fw-la deus_fw-la or_o immediate_a inspiration_n and_o quintilian_n judgement_n upon_o it_o ¶_o upon_o this_o occasion_n as_o very_o pertinent_a to_o enthusiasm_n in_o general_a though_o not_o to_o rhetorical_a enthusiasm_n particular_o a_o more_o general_a consideration_n of_o this_o aliquis_fw-la deus_fw-la or_o nescio_fw-la quis_fw-la deus_fw-la frequent_o allege_v by_o the_o ancient_n upon_o sudden_a occasion_n or_o evasion_n passage_n out_o of_o homer_n cicero_n plinius_n secundus_fw-la to_o that_o purpose_n plutarch_n his_o rule_n in_o such_o case_n not_o allow_v of_o to_o make_v a_o particular_a providence_n of_o every_o thing_n that_o my_o be_v think_v to_o happen_v extraordinary_o how_o destructive_a to_o god_n providence_n in_o general_n a_o place_n of_o aristotle_n consider_v of_o cure_n ancient_o by_o dream_n and_o revelation_n m._n a._n antoninus_n the_o roman_a emperor_n divine_a revelation_n and_o apparition_n in_o dream_n upon_o other_o occasion_n too_o believe_v by_o galen_n etc._n etc._n sort_n homericae_n something_o in_o that_o kind_n among_o christian_n also_o and_o what_o to_o be_v think_v if_o seek_v and_o study_v of_o it_o great_a caution_n to_o be_v use_v in_o such_o thing_n two_o extreme_n to_o be_v avoid_v unthankfulness_n and_o superstition_n chap._n v._o of_o poetical_a enthusiasm_n poetical_a and_o rhetorical_a enthusiasm_n how_o near_o in_o nature_n though_o the_o faculty_n themselves_o oratory_n and_o poetry_n seldom_o concur_v in_o one_o man_n the_o perfection_n both_o of_o poet_n and_o orator_n to_o proceed_v from_o one_o cause_n enthusiasm_n the_o division_n of_o poet_n according_a to_o jul._n caes_n scaliger_n poet_n by_o nature_n
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