Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	world_n	writer_n	year_n	155	4	4.2523	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27425	A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, and others, and the Fables of AEsop by Richard Bentley.	Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.	1697 (1697)	Wing B1928; ESTC R14052	72,178	154

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the_o great_a thing_n and_o make_v a_o tide_n and_o a_o flood_n though_o it_o be_v but_o in_o a_o basin_n of_o water_n ii_o well_o our_o philosopher_n go_v on_o and_o give_v a_o reason_n of_o his_o refusal_n that_o his_o daemon_n forbid_v he_o to_o go_v and_o then_o he_o fall_v into_o the_o long_a story_n of_o what_o happen_v to_o he_o in_o the_o battle_n at_o delium_n which_o be_v a_o tale_n of_o twenty_o year_n stand_v at_o the_o date_n of_o this_o letter_n but_o the_o sophist_n have_v read_v it_o in_o plato_n and_o he_o will_v not_o miss_v the_o opportunity_n of_o a_o eloquent_a narration_n i_o will_v not_o here_o insist_v upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o 21●_n athenaeus_n that_o the_o whole_a business_n be_v a_o mere_a fiction_n of_o plato_n let_v that_o be_v leave_v in_o the_o middle_n but_o we_o may_v safe_o infer_v thus_o much_o from_o it_o that_o even_o athenaeus_n himself_o who_o curiosity_n nothing_o escape_v never_o meet_v with_o these_o epistle_n which_o alone_o create_v a_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o this_o be_v do_v while_o the_o roman_n be_v at_o war_n with_o king_n pyrrhus_n that_o be_v olymp._n cxxv_o which_o be_v above_o cclxx_o year_n after_o phalaris_n death_n take_v even_o the_o late_a account_n of_o st._n hierom._n a_o pretty_a slip_n this_o of_o our_o sophist_n who_o like_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o profession_n be_v more_o verse_v in_o the_o book_n of_o orator_n than_o historian_n to_o introduce_v his_o tyrant_n borrow_v money_n of_o a_o city_n almost_o ccc_o year_n before_o it_o be_v name_v or_o build_v ii_o in_o the_o xcii_o epistle_n he_o threaten_v stesichorus_n the_o poet_n for_o raise_v money_n and_o soldier_n against_o he_o at_o aluntium_n and_o alaesa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o perhaps_o he_o may_v be_v snap_v before_o he_o get_v home_o again_o from_o alaesa_n to_o himera_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o a_o pity_n it_o be_v again_o that_o the_o sophist_n have_v not_o read_v diodorus_n for_o he_o will_v have_v tell_v he_o that_o this_o alaesa_n be_v not_o in_o be_v in_o phalaris_n day_n 246._o it_o be_v first_o build_v by_o archonides_n a_o sicilian_a olymp._n xciv_o 2._o or_o as_o other_o say_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n about_o two_o year_n before_o so_o that_o here_o be_v above_o cxx_o year_n slip_v since_o the_o late_a period_n of_o phalaris_n and_o we_o must_v add_v above_o a_o dozen_o more_o to_o the_o reckon_n upon_o the_o sophist_n own_o score_n for_o this_o letter_n be_v suppose_v to_o bear_v date_n before_o stesichorus_n and_o phalaris_n be_v make_v friend_n which_o be_v a_o dozen_o year_n as_o he_o tell_v his_o tale_n 103._o before_o stesichorus_n die_v and_o phalaris_n he_o make_v to_o survive_v he_o i_o be_o aware_a that_o the_o same_o author_n say_v ibid._n that_o there_o be_v other_o city_n in_o sicily_n call_v alaesa_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o situation_n that_o this_o alaesa_n of_o archonides_n be_v mean_v in_o the_o epistle_n for_o this_o lie_v 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consent_n of_o writer_n we_o must_v call_v he_o a_o potter_n hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n in_o lexiphanes_n pag._n 960._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etymologicon_fw-la m._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n of_o eubulus_n who_o he_o cite_v be_v extant_a in_o athenaeus_n lib._n xi_o p._n 471._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v inquire_v be_v the_o age_n of_o this_o thericles_n and_o we_o learn_v that_o from_o athenaeus_n one_o witness_n indeed_o but_o as_o good_a as_o a_o multitude_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n pag._n 470._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o cup_n say_v he_o be_v invent_v by_o thericles_n the_o corinthian_a potter_n who_o be_v contemporary_a with_o aristophanes_n the_o comedian_n and_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o have_v this_o indication_n from_o some_o fable_n of_o that_o poet_n be_v now_o lose_v where_o that_o corinthian_a be_v mention_v as_o 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