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	year_n	youth_n	34	3	7.3345	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37483	Tropologia, or, A key to open Scripture metaphors the first book containing sacred philology, or the tropes in Scripture, reduc'd under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each / partly translated and partly compil'd from the works of the learned by T.D. The second and third books containing a practical improvement (parallel-wise) of several of the most frequent and useful metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes of the Old and New Testament / by B.K.	De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685.; Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1681 (1681)	Wing D895; ESTC R24884	855,682	1,006

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way_n you_o will_v it_o be_v a_o hyperbolical_a expression_n especial_o in_o the_o latter_a sense_n some_o compare_n amos_n 7.10_o with_o it_o the_o land_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v all_o his_o word_n etc._n etc._n by_o that_o hyperbolical_a wish_n of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 9.3_o his_o great_a and_o exceed_a love_n to_o the_o israelite_n be_v note_v see_v gal._n 3.13_o 14._o judas_n ver_fw-la 23._o etc._n etc._n example_n of_o a_o meiosis_n or_o extenuation_n 1._o to_o a_o rhetorical_a meiosis_n belong_v such_o thing_n as_o be_v by_o any_o trope_n extenuate_v or_o lessen_v as_o gen._n 18.27_o meiosis_n behold_v now_o i_o have_v take_v upon_o i_o to_o speak_v unto_o the_o lord_n which_o be_o but_o dust_n and_o ash_n that_o be_v a_o most_o low_a and_o most_o abject_a creature_n it_o be_v a_o metaphor_n or_o a_o metonymy_n and_o allude_v to_o the_o first_o creation_n of_o man_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n so_o to_o be_v exalt_v out_o of_o the_o dust_n denote_v to_o raise_v one_o of_o the_o mean_a sort_n of_o man_n to_o honour_n 1_o king_n 16.2_o psal._n 113_o 7_o etc._n etc._n 1_o sam._n 24.15_o who_o do_v thou_o pursue_v after_o a_o dead_a dog_n after_o a_o flea_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o it_o be_v beneath_o or_o unworthy_a so_o great_a a_o king_n to_o pursue_v i_o that_o be_o but_o weak_a and_o mean_a with_o so_o great_a a_o troop_n psal._n 22.6_o but_o i_o be_o a_o worm_n and_o no_o man_n that_o be_v a_o most_o afflict_a man_n trample_v on_o by_o the_o enemy_n like_o a_o worm_n etc._n etc._n so_o job_n 25.6_o esa._n 41.14_o 2._o a_o logical_a meiosis_n be_v when_o for_o extenuation_n sake_n a_o comparison_n be_v make_v with_o a_o very_a little_a thing_n as_o numb_a 13.34_o we_o see_v man_n meiosis_n and_o we_o be_v

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