Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	king_n	place_n	5,893	4	4.0838	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06713	Reflections upon ancient and modern learning. The second part, With a dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop. / By Richard Bentley, D.D. ... These additions compleat the want of the former eddition.	Wotton, William, 1666-1727.; Bentley, Richard, d. 1697. Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop.	1698 (1698)	Wing W3660; ESTC R186882	95,995	214

which_o be_v before_o call_v zancle_n see_v also_o herodotus_n lib._n vii_o and_o diodorus_n lib._n iu._n and_o other_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v suspect_v in_o behalf_n of_o these_o epistle_n that_o this_o change_n of_o name_n be_v make_v during_o those_o xvi_o year_n of_o phalaris_n tyranny_n and_o then_o suppose_v the_o lxxxv_o letter_n to_o be_v write_v before_o the_o change_n and_o the_o other_o three_o after_o it_o this_o argument_n will_v be_v evade_v but_o thucydides_n will_v not_o suffer_v this_o suspicion_n to_o pass_v who_o relate_v 414._o relate_v lib._n vi_fw-la p._n 414._o that_o at_o the_o time_n of_o xerxes_n expedition_n into_o greece_n which_o be_v olymp._n lxxiii_o anaxilaus_n king_n of_o rhegium_n besiege_v zancle_n and_o take_v it_o and_o call_v it_o messana_n from_o the_o peloponnesian_a city_n of_o that_o name_n the_o place_n of_o his_o nativity_n the_o same_o say_v 23._o say_v lib._n vi_fw-la cap._n 23._o herodotus_n and_o agreeable_o to_o this_o narrative_a 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monarch_n of_o agrigentum_n nay_o though_o we_o shall_v be_v so_o oblige_v so_o partial_a to_o our_o sophist_n as_o for_o his_o sake_n to_o credit_n pausanias_n against_o so_o much_o great_a authority_n yet_o still_o the_o botch_n be_v incurable_a it_o be_v run_v in_o debt_n with_o one_o man_n to_o pay_v off_o another_o for_o how_o then_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o the_o messenian_n in_o another_o letter_n be_v in_o this_o call_v zancleans_n which_o by_o that_o reckon_n of_o pausanias_n have_v be_v a_o obsolete_a forget_a word_n a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o date_n of_o this_o pretend_a epistle_n v._o that_o same_o xcii_o letter_n which_o have_v furnish_v we_o already_o with_o one_o detection_n of_o the_o imposture_n will_n if_o strict_o examine_v make_v a_o second_o confession_n from_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o threat_n of_o phalaris_n to_o the_o himeraean_n that_o he_o will_v extirpate_v they_o like_o a_o pinetree_n now_o here_o again_o be_o 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phalaris_n menagius_n ad_fw-la laert._n p._n 35._o some_o name_n the_o very_a person_n at_o who_o door_n they_o lay_v the_o forgery_n lucian_n who_o they_o common_o mistake_v for_o phalaris_n say_v ang._n politianus_n epist_n 1._o the_o epistle_n of_o phalaris_n if_o they_o be_v true_o he_o and_o not_o rather_o lucian_n lilius_fw-la greg._n gyraldus_n poet._n hist_o p._n 88_o who_o in_o another_o place_n p._n 332._o inform_v we_o that_o politian_n opinion_n have_v general_o obtain_v among_o the_o learned_a of_o that_o age_n the_o epistle_n say_v he_o of_o phalaris_n which_o most_o people_n attribute_v to_o lucian_n how_o judicious_o they_o ascribe_v they_o to_o lucian_n we_o shall_v see_v better_o anon_o after_o i_o have_v examine_v the_o case_n of_o phalaris_n who_o have_v the_o plea_n and_o right_n of_o possession_n and_o i_o shall_v not_o go_v to_o dispossess_v he_o as_o those_o have_v do_v before_o i_o by_o a_o arbitrary_a sentence_n in_o his_o own_o tyrannical_a way_n but_o proceed_v with_o he_o upon_o lawful_a evidence_n and_o a_o fair_a impartial_a trial._n and_o i_o be_o very_o much_o mistake_v in_o the_o nature_n and_o force_n of_o my_o proof_n if_o ever_o any_o man_n hereafter_o that_o read_v they_o persist_v in_o his_o old_a opinion_n of_o make_v phalaris_n a_o author_n the_o censure_n that_o be_v make_v from_o style_n and_o language_n alone_o be_v common_o nice_a and_o uncertain_a and_o depend_v upon_o slender_a notice_n some_o very_a sagacious_a and_o learned_a man_n have_v be_v deceive_v in_o those_o conjecture_n even_o to_o ridicule_n the_o great_a scaliger_n publish_v a_o few_o jambic_n as_o a_o choice_a fragment_n of_o a_o old_a tragedian_n give_v he_o by_o muretus_n who_o soon_o after_o confess_v the_o jest_n that_o they_o be_v make_v by_o himself_o boxhornius_n write_v a_o commentary_n upon_o a_o small_a poem_n de_fw-fr light_n suppose_v by_o he_o to_o be_v some_o ancient_a author_n but_o it_o be_v soon_o discover_v to_o be_v michael_n 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chronologer_n for_o that_o note_n be_v not_o extant_a in_o the_o greek_a of_o eusebius_n give_v a_o different_a time_n of_o his_o reign_n above_o lxxx_o year_n late_a than_o the_o other_o olymp._n liii_o 3._o or_o as_o other_o copy_n read_v it_o lii_o 2._o phalaris_n tyrannidem_fw-la exercuit_fw-la annos_fw-la xvi_o which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o suidas_n who_o place_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o lii_o olympiad_n if_o the_o former_a account_n be_v admit_v the_o cheat_n be_v manifest_a at_o first_o sight_n for_o those_o letter_n of_o phalaris_n to_o stesichorus_n and_o pythagoras_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v false_a because_o stesichorus_n be_v but_o vi_o year_n old_a at_o that_o suppose_a time_n of_o phalaris_n death_n and_o pythagoras_n be_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o in_o greece_n till_o lxxx_o year_n after_o it_o but_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o aristotle_n and_o jamblichus_n who_o make_v these_o three_o to_o be_v contemporary_n and_o that_o i_o may_v prevent_v all_o possible_a cavil_n and_o exception_n i_o be_o willing_a to_o allow_v the_o latter_a account_n the_o more_o favourable_a to_o the_o pretend_a letter_n his_o government_n commence_v olymp_n liii_o 3._o and_o expire_a after_o xvi_o year_n olymp._n lvii_o 3._o i._o in_o the_o last_o epistle_n to_o those_o of_o enna_n a_o city_n of_o sicily_n phalaris_n say_v the_o hyblenses_n and_o phintienses_n have_v promise_v to_o lend_v he_o money_n at_o interest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sophist_n be_v careful_a to_o mention_v such_o city_n as_o he_o know_v be_v in_o sicily_n for_o so_o ptolemee_n place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o and_o antoninus_n phintis_n and_o pliny_n phintienses_n but_o it_o be_v ill_a luck_n for_o this_o forger_n of_o letter_n that_o a_o fragment_n of_o 867._o of_o diod._n p._n 867._o diodorus_n a_o sicilian_a and_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o history_n of_o his_o country_n be_v preserve_v to_o be_v a_o witness_n against_o he_o that_o excellent_a 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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 day_n diod._n p._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 tale_n epist_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 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o latter_a he_o be_v know_v to_o mean_v the_o athenian_n and_o yet_o we_o see_v that_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o colony_n have_v a_o different_a dialect_n from_o that_o of_o the_o mother_n nation_n why_o then_o must_v astypalaea_n needs_o be_v attic_a and_o that_o so_o tenacious_o that_o twenty_o year_n live_v in_o sicily_n can_v not_o at_o all_o alter_v it_o in_o one_o of_o her_o islander_n he_o be_v part_n of_o that_o time_n a_o stratag_n a_o polyaenus_n stratag_n publican_n or_o collector_n of_o tax_n and_o custom_n can_v not_o that_o perpetual_a negoce_fw-mi and_o converse_v with_o dorian_n bring_v his_o mouth_n by_o degree_n to_o speak_v a_o little_o broad_a will_v not_o he_o that_o ibid._n that_o ibid._n aim_v at_o monarchy_n and_o for_o that_o design_n study_v to_o be_v popular_a have_v quit_v his_o old_a dialect_n for_o that_o