Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	great_a	king_n	people_n	9,166	5	4.4099	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56252	The history of popedom, containing the rise, progress, and decay thereof, &c. written in High Dutch by Samuel Puffendorff ; translated into English by J.C.	Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing P4176; ESTC R5058	76,002	238

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that_o the_o romish_a clergy_n have_v make_v very_o great_a progress_v in_o this_o last_o age_n and_o be_v in_o a_o condition_n of_o make_v great_a comfort_v themselves_o with_o a_o malicious_a joy_n to_o see_v that_o their_o adversary_n by_o internal_a schism_n weaken_v and_o destroy_v each_o other_o sect._n 40._o from_o what_o have_v be_v here_o say_v may_v easy_o be_v judge_v whether_o ever_o any_o accommodation_n can_v be_v expect_v between_o the_o protestant_n and_o papist_n whilst_o each_o party_n abandon_v some_o of_o their_o tenant_n shall_v make_v such_o advances_n as_o at_o last_o to_o agree_v in_o one_o common_a confession_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o leave_v the_o rest_n as_o obscure_v and_o useless_a to_o be_v dispute_v of_o in_o the_o school_n or_o else_o that_o both_o may_v keep_v their_o opinion_n and_o that_o notwithstanding_o the_o difference_n of_o religion_n they_o may_v live_v with_o one_o another_o as_o brethren_n in_o christ_n and_o member_n of_o one_o and_o 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pope_n and_o not_o own_v he_o at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o supreme_a monarch_n of_o the_o church_n just_o as_o if_o any_o stranger_n shall_v desire_v to_o be_v naturalize_v and_o make_v a_o free_a denizen_n of_o england_n and_o yet_o refuse_v to_o acknowledge_v the_o king_n his_o sovereign_a lord_n the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v likewise_o the_o cornerstone_n of_o the_o popedom_n which_o if_o once_o take_v away_o the_o whole_a structure_n will_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o therefore_o the_o pope_n par_fw-fr raison_fw-fr d'etat_fw-la can_v yield_v the_o least_o of_o those_o point_n which_o occasion_n the_o division_n betwixt_o the_o protestant_n and_o papist_n for_o if_o the_o pope_n shall_v own_v that_o any_o the_o least_o part_n of_o that_o doctrine_n which_o he_o have_v hitherto_o maintain_v be_v false_a he_o must_v grant_v at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o he_o be_v not_o infallible_a can_v he_o therefore_o err_v in_o one_o point_n he_o may_v easy_o err_v in_o 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