Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	place_n	see_v	2,893	5	3.1798	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59603	Miscellanea, or, Various discourses upon 1. tragedy, 2. comedy, 3. the Italian & 4. The English comedy, 5. and operas ... together with Epicurus, his Morals / written originally by the Sieur de Saint Euvremont ; and made English by Ferrand Spence ; to which is prefixt a general dissertation introductory to the several tracts, and dedicated to T.M., Esq.; Selections. English. 1686	Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.; Spence, Ferrand.	1686 (1686)	Wing S304; ESTC R12218	66,243	296

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alias_o dato_fw-la intérque_fw-la maerentes_fw-la amicos_fw-la egregius_fw-la properaret_fw-la exul_fw-la etc._n etc._n page_n 101._o one_o of_o they_o have_v endeavour_v by_o his_o write_n to_o destroy_v his_o opinion_n i._n e._n cicero_n who_o in_o most_o of_o his_o philosophic_a or_o moral_a write_n do_v oppose_v the_o opinion_n of_o epicurus_n especial_o this_o of_o volupty_a be_v the_o summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la and_o he_o deal_v not_o only_o with_o his_o ethic_n but_o his_o physics_n and_o theology_n too_o by_o introduce_v several_a of_o the_o great_a wit_n and_o gentleman_n of_o rome_n in_o company_n and_o conversation_n some_o of_o who_o be_v leven_v with_o these_o principle_n he_o make_v to_o dispute_v with_o huge_a vivacity_n and_o acumen_n with_o he_o and_o his_o friend_n page_n 107._o petronius_n do_v not_o employ_v the_o last_o hour_n of_o his_o life_n in_o set_a speech_n concern_v the_o soul_n immortality_n as_o seneca_n do_v who_o make_v better_o use_v of_o his_o time_n and_o do_v not_o die_v with_o the_o crowderos_n about_o he_o this_o may_v be_v easy_o interpret_v in_o a_o very_a bad_a sense_n principal_o when_o my_o author_n elsewhere_o page_n 60._o of_o the_o second_o volume_n of_o his_o work_n print_v at_o paris_n speak_v so_o slight_o of_o the_o eternal_a duration_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o therefore_o i_o think_v myself_o oblige_v not_o to_o pass_v it_o over_o without_o some_o asterisk_n fix_v upon_o it_o for_o my_o part_n i_o will_v go_v no_o far_o than_o this_o place_n to_o find_v a_o argument_n for_o the_o soul_n immortality_n for_o i_o think_v it_o a_o undeniable_a proof_n that_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v immaterial_a it_o be_v certain_o immortal_a unless_o god_n will_v withdraw_v his_o ordinary_a providence_n and_o annihilate_v it_o now_o that_o its_o essence_n be_v immaterial_a and_o not_o corporeal_a may_v be_v gather_v hence_o that_o if_o it_o be_v co-substantial_a with_o the_o body_n it_o can_v never_o act_v as_o it_o do_v in_o a_o die_a 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death_n as_o aristotle_n pliny_n dr._n brown_n etc._n etc._n and_o alexander_n myndius_n say_v that_o he_o have_v attend_v the_o death_n of_o several_a of_o they_o yet_o can_v never_o for_o his_o life_n hear_v one_o musical_a note_n however_o since_o it_o be_v the_o vulgar_a notion_n it_o serve_v the_o poet_n to_o beautify_v their_o poesy_n withal_o and_o when_o my_o author_n be_v speak_v of_o a_o poetic_a death_n it_o be_v pity_n but_o the_o mantuan_a swan_n shall_v come_v into_o his_o head_n the_o roguy_a martial_a himself_o use_v it_o as_o one_o of_o his_o flower_n in_o his_o epigram_n dulcia_fw-la defectâ_fw-la modulatur_fw-la carmina_fw-la linguâ_fw-la cantator_n cygnus_n funeris_fw-la ipse_fw-la svi_fw-la the_o swan_n her_o sweet_a note_n sing_v as_o she_o die_v chief_z mourner_n at_o her_o own_o sad_a obsequy_n page_n 110._o impertinent_a terror_n and_o scholastic_a scare-crow_n this_o be_v such_o a_o description_n of_o happiness_n as_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o the_o poet_n felix_n qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la rerum_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la causas_fw-la atque_fw-la metus_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o inexorabile_fw-la fatum_fw-la subjecit_fw-la pedibus_fw-la strepitumque_fw-la acherontis_fw-la avan_n '_o virg._n georg._n 2._o the_o lord_n verulam_n somewhere_o observe_v very_o well_o that_o perhaps_o a_o little_a philosophy_n may_v make_v man_n atheist_n but_o a_o great_a search_n into_o the_o clue_n of_o cause_n do_v certain_o extricate_v they_o from_o that_o pestilent_a principle_n it_o be_v as_o pindar_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o wicked_a craft_n and_o seem_v to_o entitle_v atheist_n to_o the_o denomination_n of_o wit_n when_o indeed_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a height_n of_o folly_n or_o rather_o of_o ignorance_n as_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n say_v and_o we_o have_v a_o instance_n of_o it_o in_o hobbs_n himself_o even_o where_o in_o effect_n he_o express_v himself_o one_a who_o in_o the_o very_a same_o book_n in_o which_o he_o pretend_v that_o it_o be_v high_o necessary_a to_o the_o empire_n of_o our_o high_a and_o mighty_a sovereign_a lord_n and_o master_n leviathan_n that_o the_o unthinking_a mobile_n be_v abuse_v with_o the_o belief_n and_o scare_v with_o the_o terror_n of_o invisible_a power_n yet_o lest_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v tempt_v to_o think_v he_o so_o weak_a as_o to_o be_v betray_v into_o the_o same_o opinion_n he_o declare_v open_o totidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la that_o neither_o himself_n nor_o any_o wiseman_n ought_v to_o regard_v the_o tale_n of_o religion_n and_o that_o they_o be_v only_o design_v to_o chouse_n poor_a ignorant_a and_o foolish_a creature_n just_o as_o if_o this_o great_a politician_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o fright_v bird_n from_o his_o corn_n which_o be_v one_o of_o his_o own_o similitude_n and_o colour_n of_o speech_n with_o a_o empty_a doublet_n a_o hat_n and_o a_o crooked_a stick_n but_o yet_o lest_o the_o jackdaw_n shall_v take_v he_o for_o one_o of_o their_o own_o silly_a flock_n he_o shall_v take_v most_o especial_a care_n to_o inform_v they_o that_o himself_o know_v it_o only_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o clouts_n these_o be_v man_n manner_n admirable_o well_o describe_v and_o express_v it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n sometime_o to_o run_v counter_a to_o that_o old_a ethical_a axiom_n omnia_fw-la appetunt_fw-la bonum_fw-la but_o than_o it_o appear_v under_o the_o notion_n and_o semblance_n of_o good_a as_o you_o see_v this_o antique_a saw_n a_o line_n above_o translate_v video_fw-la meliora_fw-la proboque_fw-la deteriora_fw-la sequor_fw-la saluft_v the_o historian_n excellence_n lie_v in_o characterize_n man_n and_o his_o chief_a stroke_n in_o those_o character_n lie_v in_o the_o representation_n of_o the_o same_o person_n frequent_a differ_v from_o themselves_o in_o their_o passion_n and_o habitude_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n page_n 146._o this_o sun_n which_o be_v go_v to_o set_a for_o ever_o he_o allude_v to_o that_o of_o catullus_n sole_n occidere_fw-la &_o redire_fw-la possunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la cum_fw-la brevis_fw-la occidit_fw-la semel_fw-la lux_fw-la nox_fw-la est_fw-la perpetua_fw-la una_fw-la dormienda_fw-la page_n 151._o they_o never_o lift_v up_o their_o eye_n towards_o heaven_n but_o their_o conscience_n fly_v in_o their_o face_n conscience_n be_v a_o principle_n inherent_a in_o the_o soul_n and_o derive_v from_o god_n and_o nature_n and_o not_o to_o be_v eradicate_v by_o the_o art_n of_o man._n great_a philosopher_n have_v christen_v it_o by_o the_o most_o venerable_a name_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n a_o domestic_a god_n a_o divine_a bishop_n or_o overseer_n a_o sacred_a deity_n a_o power_n that_o have_v frame_v to_o himself_o a_o natural_a temple_n in_o the_o conscience_n though_o atheist_n pretend_v to_o slight_v it_o yet_o cotta_n who_o dispute_v zealous_o against_o it_o confess_v that_o as_o to_o matter_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n sine_fw-la ullâ_fw-la divinâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la grave_n ipsius_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la pondus_fw-la est_fw-la tull._n de_fw-la nat._n deorum_fw-la lib._n 3._o but_o it_o begin_v to_o grow_v dark_a and_o i_o think_v here_o be_v note_n enough_o of_o conscience_n already_o for_o a_o book_n of_o this_o small_a magnitude_n i_o will_v therefore_o trouble_v neither_o my_o reader_n nor_o myself_o any_o further_a with_o such_o stuff_n as_o any_o fellow_n who_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n to_o look_v into_o a_o index_n and_o another_o into_o a_o book_n can_v with_o as_o great_a ease_n as_o haughtiness_n present_v he_o withal_o upon_o some_o hour_n retirement_n into_o his_o study_n this_o in_o plain_a truth_n be_v my_o case_n for_o i_o be_o not_o indebt_v to_o my_o star_n so_o much_o as_o seneca_n the_o declamator_n be_v who_o can_v repeat_v two_o thousand_o name_n in_o the_o same_o order_n that_o they_o be_v rehearse_v and_o can_v remember_v all_o the_o lovely_a thing_n in_o the_o juvenile_a 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