Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	aaron_n	ancient_a	noble_a	26	3	6.4946	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29858	Certain miscellany tracts written by Thomas Brown.	Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.	1683 (1683)	Wing B5151; ESTC R25304	83,412	232

from_o his_o mouth_n or_o be_v otherwise_o deliver_v by_o he_o and_o so_o will_v be_v glad_a to_o be_v assure_v what_o he_o write_v with_o his_o finger_n on_o the_o ground_n but_o especial_o to_o have_v a_o particular_a of_o that_o instruct_v narration_n or_o discourse_n which_o he_o make_v unto_o the_o disciple_n after_o his_o resurrection_n where_o it_o be_v say_v and_o 27._o begin_v at_o moses_n and_o all_o the_o prophet_n he_o expound_v unto_o they_o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n the_o thing_n concern_v himself_o but_o to_o omit_v theological_a obscurity_n you_o must_v needs_o observe_v that_o most_o science_n do_v seem_v to_o have_v something_o more_o near_o to_o consider_v in_o the_o expression_n of_o the_o scripture_n astronomer_n find_v therein_o the_o name_n but_o of_o few_o star_n scarce_o so_o many_o as_o in_o achilles_n his_o buckler_n in_o homer_n and_o almost_o the_o very_a same_o but_o in_o some_o passage_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n they_o think_v they_o discover_v the_o zodiacal_a course_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o they_o also_o conceive_v a_o astronomical_a sense_n in_o that_o elegant_a expression_n of_o s._n james_n concern_v the_o father_n of_o light_n with_o who_o there_o be_v no_o 17._o variableness_n neither_o shadow_n of_o turn_v and_o therein_o a_o allowable_a allusion_n unto_o the_o tropical_a conversion_n of_o the_o sun_n whereby_o ensue_v a_o variation_n of_o heat_n light_n and_o also_o of_o shadow_n from_o it_o but_o whether_o the_o stellae_fw-la erraticae_fw-la or_o wander_a star_n in_o s._n judas_n may_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o celestial_a planet_n or_o some_o metereological_a wander_a star_n ignes_fw-la fatui_fw-la stellae_fw-la cadentes_fw-la &_o erraticae_fw-la or_o have_v any_o allusion_n unto_o the_o impostor_n barchochebas_n or_o stellae_fw-la filius_fw-la who_o afterward_o appear_v and_o wander_v about_o in_o the_o time_n of_o adrianus_n they_o leave_v unto_o conjecture_n surgeon_n may_v find_v their_o whole_a art_n in_o that_o 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