Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	author_n	great_a	part_n	1,913	5	3.8823	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06713	Reflections upon ancient and modern learning. The second part, With a dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop. / By Richard Bentley, D.D. ... These additions compleat the want of the former eddition.	Wotton, William, 1666-1727.; Bentley, Richard, d. 1697. Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop.	1698 (1698)	Wing W3660; ESTC R186882	95,995	214

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child_n nor_o any_o relation_n follow_v he_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n how_o come_v the_o old_a woman_n to_o be_v roast_v at_o agrigentum_n 183._o agrigentum_n vita_fw-la pythag._n p._n 183._o jamblichus_n bring_v in_o abaris_n the_o hyperborean_a in_o company_n with_o pythagoras_n to_o phalaris_n court_n but_o our_o sophist_n have_v write_v a_o lvii_o a_o epist_n lvii_o letter_n for_o he_o wherein_o he_o refuse_v to_o come_v so_o little_a regard_n have_v he_o to_o fit_v his_o story_n to_o true_a history_n and_o i_o have_v have_v too_o much_o regard_n to_o he_o in_o give_v he_o the_o honour_n and_o patience_n of_o so_o long_a a_o examination_n i_o must_v now_o beg_v the_o favour_n of_o one_o word_n with_o our_o late_a editor_n of_o this_o author_n they_o have_v tell_v the_o world_n in_o their_o preface_n that_o among_o other_o specimen_n of_o their_o diligence_n they_o collate_v the_o king_n ms._n as_o far_o as_o the_o xl_o epistle_n and_o will_v have_v do_v so_o throughout_o 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by_o aristippus_n some_o be_v in_o the_o doric_a idiom_n and_o some_o in_o the_o attic._n but_o that_o i_o suppose_v be_v do_v because_o of_o the_o variety_n of_o his_o person_n in_o some_o dialogue_n the_o speaker_n be_v sicilian_n and_o those_o be_v write_v in_o the_o doric_a and_o where_o the_o athenian_n be_v introduce_v the_o attic_a be_v proper_a but_o now_o in_o this_o letter_n to_o his_o daughter_n both_o party_n be_v dorian_n and_o so_o this_o epistle_n shall_v rather_o be_v doric_a than_o either_o of_o the_o other_o two_o xii_o in_o the_o same_o letter_n he_o mention_n her_o estate_n in_o bernice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o he_o mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perhaps_o that_o city_n not_o far_o from_o cyrene_n but_o there_o be_v nothing_o then_o in_o all_o afric_a call_v by_o that_o name_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o macedonian_a idiom_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o victorious_a in_o that_o country_n 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