Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	day_n	year_n	youth_n	114	3	7.9395	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36730	Atlas Chinensis being a second part of A relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary : with a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tarter against Coxinga and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea : and a more exact geographical description than formerly both of the whole empire of China in general and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces / collected out of their several writings and journals by Arnoldus Montanus ; English'd and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures by John Ogilby.	Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683.; Dapper, Olfert, 1639-1689.; Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.; United Provinces of the Netherlands.	1671 (1671)	Wing D242; ESTC R5629	631,298	665

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french_a italian_n german_n and_o other_o people_n use_v the_o latin_a tongue_n through_o all_o europe_n the_o jesuit_n which_o be_v send_v to_o china_n to_o promulgate_v the_o christian_a religion_n learn_v all_o of_o they_o this_o general_a language_n because_o those_o which_o belong_v to_o each_o several_a province_n be_v neither_o useful_a nor_o elegant_a nor_o speak_v by_o people_n of_o quality_n except_o in_o their_o house_n to_o their_o servant_n or_o in_o other_o country_n thereby_o to_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o their_o native_a country_n this_o language_n be_v also_o speak_v by_o woman_n and_o child_n because_o long_a custom_n have_v conquer_v the_o difficulty_n of_o learning_n it_o tradesman_n speak_v the_o language_n of_o their_o own_o province_n and_o though_o they_o all_o understand_v the_o mandarin_n tongue_n yet_o they_o speak_v it_o not_o this_o general_a chinese_n tongue_n be_v very_o brief_a and_o short_a and_o though_o rich_a and_o abound_v in_o character_n above_o all_o other_o language_n yet_o inferior_a to_o they_o in_o scarcity_n of_o word_n for_o the_o number_n of_o the_o word_n exceed_v not_o sixteen_o hundred_o and_o according_a to_o semedo_n not_o above_o three_o hundred_o twenty_o six_o all_o the_o word_n end_v almost_o in_o a_o vowel_n yet_o some_o few_o of_o they_o with_o m_n or_o n_o and_o which_o be_v remarkable_a in_o this_o language_n there_o be_v no_o dissyllable_n or_o polysyllable_n but_o all_o monosyllable_n or_o word_n consist_v of_o one_o syllable_n only_o i_o mean_v all_o radical_a and_o fundamental_a word_n for_o appellative_n or_o name_n of_o place_n and_o thing_n be_v compound_v of_o two_o or_o three_o word_n clap_v together_o as_o tunghoafung_a of_o fung_n a_o bird_n hoa_o a_o flower_n and_o tung_n the_o name_n of_o the_o flower_n and_o herein_o it_o be_v parallel_v even_o by_o our_o english_a tongue_n who_o fundamental_a word_n be_v original_o saxon_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n monosyllable_n as_o tree_n stone_n hand_n eye_n etc._n etc._n it_o have_v many_o diphthong_n or_o double_a vowel_n join_v together_o in_o one_o syllable_n i_o say_v vowel_n after_o our_o way_n of_o speak_v mean_v the_o force_n of_o vowel_n for_o vowel_n be_v no_o use_v by_o the_o chinese_n but_o as_o every_o thing_n so_o every_o word_n have_v its_o peculiar_a sign_n wherefore_o it_o may_v be_v ask_v be_v there_o so_o many_o sign_n in_o so_o small_a a_o number_n of_o word_n as_o the_o chineses_n 〈◊〉_d or_o how_o can_v they_o with_o so_o few_o word_n express_v all_o thing_n which_o their_o thought_n comprehend_v in_o answer_v hereof_o i_o say_v that_o the_o chinese_n language_n be_v very_o comprehensive_a that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o have_v few_o word_n but_o oftentimes_o one_o word_n signify_v ten_o or_o twenty_o several_a thing_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v distinguish_v but_o by_o the_o different_a sound_n and_o pronunciation_n in_o speak_v which_o distinction_n be_v so_o small_a that_o stranger_n ●…an_v