Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A52764
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A Letter from Oxford concerning Mr. Samuel Johnson's late book
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N. N.
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1693
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Wing N40; ESTC R4251
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exitus_fw-la docuit_fw-la ne_o a_o diis_fw-la quidem_fw-la amari_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la homines_fw-la ament_fw-la and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o panegyric_n the_o author_n pray_v to_o jupiter_n capitolinus_n to_o preserve_v the_o emperor_n to_o they_o and_o their_o posterity_n upon_o the_o same_o condition_n si_fw-la bene_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la si_fw-la ex_fw-la utilitate_fw-la omnium_fw-la rexerit_fw-la and_o all_o these_o principle_n be_v good_a doctrine_n under_o the_o reign_n of_o a_o good_a prince_n one_o who_o when_o he_o deliver_v the_o sword_n to_o the_o commander_n in_o chief_a of_o the_o praetorian_a cohort_n give_v it_o he_o with_o this_o charge_n viz._n to_o use_v for_o he_o if_o he_o deserve_v it_o if_o not_o to_o use_v it_o against_o he_o as_o mr._n johnson_n tell_v we_o true_o that_o passive_a obedience_n be_v calculate_v for_o tyranny_n so_o be_v the_o opposite_a principle_n calculate_v for_o liberty_n under_o a_o free_a government_n nor_o can_v any_o prince_n 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