Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63937	A compleat history of the most remarkable providences both of judgment and mercy, which have hapned in this present age extracted from the best writers, the author's own observations, and the numerous relations sent him from divers parts of the three kingdoms : to which is added, whatever is curious in the works of nature and art / the whole digested into one volume, under proper heads, being a work set on foot thirty years ago, by the Reverend Mr. Pool, author of the Synopsis criticorum ; and since undertaken and finish'd, by William Turner...	Turner, William, 1653-1701.	1697 (1697)	Wing T3345; ESTC R38921	1,324,643	657

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abbot_n be_v say_v never_o to_o have_v tell_v a_o lie_n never_o to_o have_v speak_v evil_a to_o any_o man_n ibid._n 11._o the_o late_a countess_n dowager_n of_o warwick_n be_v exact_a in_o word_n and_o deed_n she_o never_o forfeit_v her_o title_n to_o the_o privilege_n of_o peerage_n to_o be_v believe_v upon_o the_o honour_n of_o her_o word_n which_o be_v as_o sacred_a as_o any_o oath_n and_o as_o good_a security_n as_o many_o bond_n no_o inconvenience_n to_o herself_o will_v make_v she_o recoil_v or_o flinch_v from_o the_o obligation_n she_o have_v bring_v herself_o under_o by_o her_o own_o mouth_n yea_o she_o have_v such_o a_o abhorrence_n of_o a_o dishonourable_a recess_n from_o express_a or_o but_o intimate_v promise_n that_o it_o will_v render_v she_o esteem_v of_o such_o person_n exceed_v cheap_a and_o mean_a who_o by_o little_a art_n and_o shift_n will_v lose_v and_o free_v themselves_o from_o their_o engagement_n and_o disappoint_v the_o expectation_n they_o have_v raise_v in_o 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repeat_v on_o occasion_n any_o sentence_n of_o plato_n aristotle_n hypocrates_n galen_n theinistius_n tho._n aquinas_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n p._n 69._o 11._o i_o can_v repeat_v say_v seneca_n 2000_o name_n in_o the_o same_o order_n as_o they_o be_v speak_v and_o when_o as_o my_o master_n scholar_n above_o 200_o in_o all_o bring_v each_o of_o they_o several_a verse_n to_o he_o beginning_n at_o the_o last_o i_o can_v recite_v they_o orderly_o unto_o the_o first_o etc._n etc._n senec._n controu._n l._n 1._o proaemio_fw-la 12._o joseph_n scaliger_n in_o 21_o day_n commit_v all_o homer_n to_o his_o memory_n wanley_n wonder_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o 13._o mr._n humphrey_n burton_n of_o coventry_n age_v 83._o anno_fw-la 1676._o can_v give_v the_o sum_n of_o any_o chapter_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o of_o the_o chapter_n in_o divers_a book_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n in_o a_o latin_a distich_n with_o great_a readiness_n ibid._n 14._o pontanus_n of_o spoleto_n a_o lawyer_n can_v recite_v 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