Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	commit_v	young_a	youth_n	53	3	8.6030	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09809	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1602 (1602)	STC 20071; ESTC S111836	1,193,680	142

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minister_v grace_n to_o the_o hearer_n let_v all_o evil_a speak_n be_v put_v away_o from_o you_o and_o as_o for_o fornication_n and_o uncleanness_n the_o common_a subject_n and_o principal_a ingredient_n of_o our_o comedy_n neither_o foolish_a talk_n nor_o jest_v which_o be_v not_o convenient_a let_v they_o not_o be_v once_o name_v much_o less_o than_o act_v or_o applaud_v among_o you_o as_o become_v saint_n 139._o it_o be_v a_o great_a solecism_n yea_o a_o sin_n among_o christian_n either_o to_o relate_v or_o do_v much_o more_o to_o personate_v pen_n or_o pleas_o to_o behold_v any_o obscene_a or_o filthy_a thing_n christian_n they_o be_v at_o leastwise_o shall_v be_v 3.1_o saint_n yea_o 14.4_o chaste_a and_o holy_a virgin_n temple_n and_o vessel_n for_o the_o lord_n 1._o cleanse_v themselves_o from_o all_o pollution_n both_o of_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n 33.15_o stop_v their_o ear_n from_o hear_v blood_n sh●tting_v their_o eye_n from_o see_v evil_a yea_o not_o so_o much_o 6.17_o as_o 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no_o man_n use_v any_o obscene_a speech_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o any_o woman_n hence_o sophocles_n inform_v we_o according_o that_o it_o be_v not_o seemly_a nor_o honest_a to_o speak_v such_o thing_n which_o be_v unseemly_a to_o be_v do_v hence_o be_v that_o ingenious_a checke●_n which_o diogenes_n give_v to_o a_o beautiful_a youth_n when_o he_o hear_v he_o utter_v some_o obscenity_n 349._o do_v thou_o not_o blush_v say_v he_o to_o draw_v a_o leaden_a sword_n out_o of_o a_o ivory_n scabbard_n hence_o be_v that_o brand_n which_o seneca_n stamp_v upon_o all_o scurrilous_a person_n which_o i_o will_v such_o christian_n who_o tongue_n be_v tip_v and_o heart_n delight_v with_o ribaldrous_a song_n and_o jest_n will_v serious_o apply_v unto_o their_o conscience_n wheresoever_o say_v he_o thou_o 5._o meet_v with_o corrupt_a discourse_n there_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o heart_n and_o manner_n be_v deprave_a and_o no_o wonder_n for_o out_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o mouth_n speak_v and_o evil_a word_n corrupt_v good_a manner_n 15.33_o as_o the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o hence_o 405._o aristotle_n magnify_v the_o modesty_n of_o that_o ingenuous_a pagan_n who_o when_o he_o be_v about_o to_o utter_v a_o unchaste_a obscenity_n be_v tongue-tied_a out_o of_o modest_a shame_n 7._o the_o citizen_n of_o marcelles_n though_o pagan_n will_v admit_v no_o stageplays_a into_o their_o city_n lest_o their_o filthiness_n and_o obscenity_n shall_v corrupt_v their_o youth_n yea_o the_o very_a 126._o heathen_a poet_n himself_o will_v have_v all_o scurrility_n and_o ribaldry_n exile_v from_o such_o place_n where_o youth_n and_o child_n be_v for_o fear_v they_o shall_v deprave_v their_o mind_n and_o manner_n if_o then_o god_n himself_o if_o the_o father_n yea_o if_o all_o these_o pagan_n have_v utter_o condemn_v all_o filthy_a scurrilous_a unchaste_a and_o amorous_a speech_n jest_n and_o poem_n as_o misbeseem_v chaste_a and_o modest_a eye_n or_o lip_n or_o ear_n my_o mayor_n can_v but_o be_v grant_v and_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o ib._n because_o unchaste_a obscene_a and_o amorous_a word_n be_v but_o so_o many_o vehiculae_n to_o carry_v m●n_z on_o to_o adulterous_a and_o sinful_a deed_n both_o which_o all_o christian_n must_v abominate_a for_o the_o mayor_n that_o the_o style_n and_o subject_a matter_n of_o most_o 20._o comical_a and_o theatrical_a interlude_n be_v amorous_a and_o obscene_a it_o be_v as_o evident_a as_o the_o morning_n sun_n first_o by_o the_o express_a and_o punctual_a testimony_n of_o sundry_a father_n read_v but_o 180.181_o tatianus_n oratio_n aduersus_fw-la graeco_n h._n theophylus_fw-la antiochenus_fw-la contra_fw-la autolicum_fw-la lib._n 3._o clemens_n romanus_n constit._fw-la apostolorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 65.66_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n oratio_fw-la exhort_v ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la fol._n 8.9_o paedag._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6.7_o &_o ib._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o tertullian_n de_fw-fr spectac_n cap._n 10.17_o to_o 28._o apologia_fw-la adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la cap._n 38._o de_fw-fr pudicitia_n cap._n 7._o minucius_n felix_n octavius_n pag._n 101._o philo_z judaeus_fw-la de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la lib._n pag._n 271._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la pag._n 932._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la lib._n pag._n 1209._o cyprian_n ib._n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n &_o epist._n lib._n 2._o ep._n 2._o donato_n origen_n in_o rom._n 11._o lib._n 8._o tom._n 3._o pag._n 203._o arnobius_n advers-gentes_a lib._n 3._o pag._n 114._o lib._n 4._o pag._n 149.150_o lib._n 5._o pag._n 182._o &_o lib._n 7._o pag._n 230._o to_o 241._o lactantius_n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la cap._n 20._o divinarum_fw-la institutionum_fw-la ib._n epit._n cap._n 6._o basilius_n magnus_n hexaemeron_n hom._n 4._o de_fw-fr legendis_fw-la libris_fw-la gentilium_fw-la oratio_fw-la &_o ascetica_fw-la tom._n 2._o pag._n 180.181_o gregory_n n●zianzen_n oratio_fw-la 48._o pag._n 796.797_o ad_fw-la seleuchum_fw-la de_fw-fr 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