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	name_n	see_v	4,553	4	3.7689	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27425	A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, and others, and the Fables of AEsop by Richard Bentley.	Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.	1697 (1697)	Wing B1928; ESTC R14052	72,178	154

grammarian_n help_v he_o as_o they_o can_v our_o sophist_n stand_v full_o convict_v upon_o this_o indictment_n of_o forgery_n and_o imposture_n i_o must_v here_o beg_v leave_n of_o the_o late_a learned_a editor_n of_o our_o mock_n phalaris_n with_o who_o i_o must_v by_o and_o by_o have_v some_o further_a expostulation_n to_o dissent_v from_o their_o new_a version_n of_o this_o passage_n whereby_o this_o argument_n from_o thericles_n will_v vanish_v into_o nothing_o for_o instead_o of_o ten_o couple_n of_o thericlean_a cup_n as_o the_o former_a interpreter_n honest_o translate_v it_o they_o present_v we_o as_o a_o emendation_n with_o the_o like_a number_n of_o glass_n poculorum_fw-la vitreorum_fw-la leave_v we_o not_o the_o least_o footstep_n of_o our_o corinthian_a potter_n but_o methinks_v these_o glass_n come_v in_o but_o odd_o and_o stingy_o among_o those_o other_o thing_n name_v there_o of_o great_a value_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n beautiful_a slave_n fifty_o thousand_o drachmae_fw-la and_o a_o liberal_a yearly_a pension_n for_o life_n if_o agathocles_n the_o tyrant_n have_v make_v this_o present_a of_o a_o score_n of_o glass_n it_o may_v have_v pass_v for_o a_o mark_n of_o favour_n because_o he_o be_v a_o potter_n in_o his_o youth_n and_o we_o may_v suppose_v they_o of_o his_o own_o make_n and_o as_o i_o remember_v diodorus_n tell_v such_o a_o story_n of_o he_o but_o why_o phalaris_n shall_v make_v so_o cheap_a and_o brittle_a a_o compliment_n i_o can_v conjecture_v it_o be_v true_a suidas_n translate_v it_o a_o glass_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o etymolog_n mag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o we_o know_v the_o old_a lexicon_n chief_o consist_v of_o excerpta_fw-la out_o of_o scholiast_n and_o glossary_n upon_o particular_a author_n one_o of_o which_o in_o one_o single_a place_n may_v expound_v it_o a_o glass_n but_o that_o it_o must_v universal_o mean_v so_o or_o particular_o in_o this_o passage_n before_o we_o neither_o the_o use_n of_o the_o language_n nor_o good_a sense_n will_v allow_v for_o beside_o earth_n which_o be_v the_o first_o material_a some_o be_v make_v of_o wood_n as_o theophrastus_n say_v in_o the_o place_n already_o cite_v other_o of_o silver_n or_o gold_n as_o plutarch_n in_o p._n aemilius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o athenaeus_n lib._n v._n p._n 199._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o generosity_n of_o phalaris_n which_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o so_o many_o letter_n to_o suppose_v these_o thericlean_a cup_n to_o be_v silver_n at_o least_o if_o not_o a_o more_o precious_a metal_n iv._o in_o the_o lxxxv_o epistle_n he_o boast_v of_o a_o great_a victory_n obtain_v over_o the_o zancleans_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o very_a precede_a letter_n and_o the_o xxi_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o messenian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o city_n be_v there_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o first_o epist._n he_o speak_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o we_o see_v we_o have_v mention_v make_v of_o zancleans_n and_o messenian_n as_o if_o zancle_n and_o messana_n be_v two_o different_a to_n certain_o the_o true_a phalaris_n can_v not_o write_v thus_o and_o it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o ignorance_n inexcusable_a in_o our_o sophist_n not_o to_o know_v that_o both_o those_o name_n belong_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o city_n at_o different_a time_n strabo_n lib._n vi_o p._n 268._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d messana_n 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 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 herodotus_n and_o agreeable_o to_o this_o narrative_a 37._o diodorus_n set_v down_o the_o death_n of_o this_o anaxilaus_n olymp._n lxxvi_o i._n when_o he_o have_v reign_v xviii_o year_n take_v now_o the_o late_a account_n of_o phalaris_n death_n according_a to_o to_o st._n hierom_n and_o above_o lx_o year_n intervene_v between_o that_o and_o the_o new_a name_n of_o zancle_n so_o that_o unless_o we_o dare_v ascribe_v to_o that_o tyrant_n a_o spirit_n of_o vaticination_n we_o can_v acquit_v the_o author_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o so_o manifest_a a_o cheat_n but_o i_o love_v to_o deal_v ingenuous_o and_o will_v not_o conceal_v one_o testimony_n in_o his_o favour_n which_o be_v that_o of_o 134._o pausanias_n who_o tell_v the_o story_n very_o different_o from_o herodotus_n and_o thucydides_n place_v this_o same_o anaxilaus_n of_o rhegium_n about_o a_o clxxx_o year_n high_o than_o they_o do_v that_o he_o assist_v the_o refugee_n of_o messana_n in_o peloponnesus_n after_o the_o second_o war_n with_o the_o spartan_n to_o take_v zancle_n in_o sicily_n which_o thereupon_o be_v call_v messana_n olymp._n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o if_o this_o be_v true_a we_o must_v needs_o put-in_a one_o word_n for_o our_o sophist_n that_o phalaris_n may_v name_v the_o messenian_n without_o pretend_v to_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n 85._o cluverius_n indeed_o will_v spoil_v all_o again_o for_o he_o make_v it_o a_o fault_n in_o our_o copy_n of_o pausanias_n and_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xxix_o olymp._n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lxix_o which_o be_v too_o great_a a_o number_n to_o do_v our_o author_n any_o service_n but_o we_o will_v not_o take_v a_o advantage_n against_o he_o from_o a_o mistake_n of_o cluverius_n for_o without_o question_n the_o true_a lection_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xxix_o because_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messenian_a war_n agree_v with_o that_o computation_n and_o not_o with_o the_o other_o and_o the_o ancient_a 39_o catalogue_n of_o the_o olympionicae_n put_v chionis_n victory_n at_o that_o very_a year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o if_o pausanias_n credit_n be_v able_a to_o bear_v he_o out_o our_o author_n as_o to_o this_o present_a point_n may_v still_o come_v off_o with_o reputation_n but_o alas_o what_o can_v pausanias_n do_v for_o he_o or_o for_o himself_o against_o herodotus_n and_o thucydides_n that_o live_v so_o near_o the_o time_n they_o speak_v of_o against_o those_o other_o unknown_a author_n that_o diodorus_n transcribe_v against_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o history_n confirm_v by_o so_o many_o synchronism_n and_o concurrence_n that_o even_o demonstrate_v anaxilaus_n to_o have_v live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o xerxes_n and_o his_o father_n when_o theron_n and_o not_o phalaris_n be_v 438_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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 i_o concern_v for_o our_o sophist_n that_o he_o be_v thus_o take_v trip_v for_o the_o original_a of_o this_o say_v be_v thus_o relate_v by_o 37._o herodotus_n when_o the_o lampsaceni_n in_o asia_n have_v take_v captive_a miltiades_n the_o athenian_a croesus_n king_n of_o lydia_n send_v they_o a_o message_n that_o if_o they_o do_v not_o set_v he_o free_a he_o will_v come_v and_o extirpate_v they_o like_o a_o pine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n of_o lampsacus_n understand_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o that_o expression_n like_o

to_o phalaris_n to_o desire_v his_o assistance_n who_o like_o a_o generous_a allye_n promise_v they_o what_o arm_n and_o man_n and_o money_n they_o will_v but_o withal_o sprinkle_v a_o little_a dust_n among_o the_o bee_n advise_v they_o to_o mild_a counsel_n and_o propose_v this_o expedient_a that_o catana_n shall_v have_v stesichorus_n tomb_n and_o himera_n shall_v build_v a_o temple_n to_o he_o now_o be_v ever_o any_o declamator_n theme_n so_o extravagant_o put_v what_o to_o go_v to_o war_n upon_o so_o slight_a a_o occasion_n and_o to_o call_v in_o too_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o tyrant_n have_v they_o so_o soon_o forget_v stesichorus_n own_o counsel_n two_o who_o when_o upon_o another_o occasion_n they_o will_v have_v ask_v succour_n of_o phalaris_n dissuade_v they_o by_o the_o fable_n of_o the_o horse_n and_o his_o rider_n our_o sophist_n have_v hear_v that_o seven_o city_n contend_v about_o homer_n and_o so_o two_o might_n go_v to_o blow_n about_o another_o poet._n but_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o that_o contention_n and_o this_o fight_v in_o earnest_n he_o be_v as_o extravagant_a too_o in_o the_o honour_n he_o will_v raise_v to_o his_o poet_n memory_n nothing_o less_o than_o a_o temple_n and_o deification_n cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o in_o his_o day_n there_o be_v his_o statue_n still_o extant_a at_o himera_n then_o call_v thermae_n which_o one_o will_v think_v be_v honour_n enough_o but_o a_o sophist_n can_v build_v temple_n in_o the_o air_n as_o cheap_o and_o easy_o as_o some_o other_o do_v castle_n what_o a_o inconsistency_n be_v there_o between_o the_o li_n and_o lxix_o epistle_n in_o the_o former_a he_o declare_v his_o immortal_a hatred_n to_o one_o python_n who_o after_o phalaris_n flight_n from_o astypalaea_n will_v have_v persuade_v his_o wife_n erythia_n to_o a_o second_o marriage_n with_o himself_o but_o see_v she_o resolve_v to_o follow_v her_o husband_n he_o poison_v she_o now_o this_o can_v be_v no_o long_a time_n after_o his_o banishment_n for_o than_o she_o can_v not_o have_v want_v opportunity_n of_o follow_v he_o but_o in_o the_o lxix_o epist._n we_o have_v her_o alive_a again_o long_o after_o that_o phalaris_n have_v be_v tyrant_n of_o agrigentum_n for_o he_o mention_n his_o grow_a old_a there_o and_o we_o must_v not_o imagine_v but_o that_o several_a year_n have_v pass_v before_o he_o can_v seize_v the_o government_n of_o so_o populous_a a_o city_n that_o have_v 205._o 200,000_o soul_n in_o it_o or_o as_o other_o empedoc_n say_v 800,000_o for_o he_o come_v a_o indigent_a stranger_n thither_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n and_o by_o degree_n rise_v from_o one_o employment_n to_o another_o at_o last_o have_v opportunity_n and_o power_n to_o effect_v that_o design_n beside_o in_o the_o lxix_o letter_n she_o be_v at_o crete_n with_o her_o son_n and_o in_o the_o li_n she_o be_v poison_v i_o suppose_v at_o astypalaea_n for_o there_o her_o poisoner_n dwell_v and_o it_o be_v express_o say_v she_o design_v but_o can_v not_o follow_v her_o husband_n which_o seem_v a_o intimation_n that_o the_o sophist_n believe_v astypalaea_n to_o be_v a_o city_n in_o crete_n it_o be_v certain_a our_o diligent_a editor_n by_o compare_v these_o two_o passage_n together_o make_v that_o discovery_n index_n in_o geography_n for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v learn_v any_o where_o else_o and_o it_o be_v a_o admirable_a token_n both_o that_o the_o epistle_n be_v old_a and_o genuine_a and_o that_o the_o commentator_n be_v not_o inferior_a to_o nor_o unworthy_a of_o their_o author_n what_o a_o scene_n of_o putid_v and_o senseless_a formality_n be_v the_o lxxiix_n lxxix_o and_o cxliv_o epistle_n nicocles_n a_o syracusian_a a_o man_n of_o the_o high_a rank_n and_o quality_n send_v his_o own_o brother_n a_o hundred_o mile_n with_o a_o request_n to_o phalaris_n that_o he_o will_v send_v to_o stesichorus_n another_o hundred_o mile_n and_o beg_v the_o favour_n of_o a_o copy_n of_o verse_n upon_o clearista_n his_o wife_n who_o be_v late_o dead_a phalaris_n according_o send_v to_o himera_n with_o mighty_a application_n and_o address_n and_o soon_o after_o write_v a_o second_o letter_n of_o thanks_o for_o so_o singular_a a_o kindness_n upon_o the_o fame_n of_o this_o one_o lxv_o pelopidas_n entreat_v he_o that_o he_o will_v procure_v the_o like_a favour_n for_o a_o friend_n of_o he_o but_o meet_v with_o a_o repulse_n now_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o poem_n upon_o clearista_n among_o the_o work_n of_o stesichorus_n whence_o our_o sophist_n may_v take_v the_o plot_n and_o groundwork_n of_o this_o story_n or_o whether_o all_o be_v entire_o his_o own_o invention_n and_o manufacture_n i_o will_v not_o pretend_v to_o guess_v but_o let_v those_o believe_v that_o can_v that_o such_o stuff_n as_o this_o busy_v the_o head_n of_o the_o tyrant_n at_o least_o they_o must_v confess_v then_o though_o the_o letter_n will_v represent_v he_o as_o a_o great_a admirer_n and_o judge_n too_o of_o poetry_n that_o he_o 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