Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	adversity_n	body_n	great_a	14	3	2.0902	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55009	Plato his Apology of Socrates, and Phædo, or, Dialogue concerning the immortality of mans soul, and manner of Socrates his death carefully translated from the Greek, and illustrated by reflections upon both the Athenian laws, and ancient rites and traditions concerning the soul, therein mentioned.; Apology. English	Plato.; Plato. Phaedo. English.	1675 (1675)	Wing P2405; ESTC R12767	153,795	340

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mori_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n etc._n etc._n seneca_n epist_n 24._o sic_fw-la long_fw-mi virtute_fw-la fuit_fw-la mens_fw-la sancta_fw-la catonis_fw-la purgata_fw-la atque_fw-la illi_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la immortalis_fw-la honorem_fw-la jam_fw-la contemplanti_fw-la divini_fw-la fata_fw-la platonis_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la tradunt_fw-la cum_fw-la laetus_fw-la talia_fw-la fatur_fw-la salve_fw-la sancte_fw-la libre_fw-la superis_fw-la demisse_fw-la catoni_fw-la dirige_fw-la tu_fw-la cursum_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la extrema_fw-la meantis_fw-la instrue_n non_fw-la alium_fw-la moriturus_fw-la quaero_fw-la magistrum_fw-la nec_fw-la restare_fw-la alius_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la numina_fw-la curas_fw-la etc._n etc._n tho._n maius_n in_o supplemento_fw-la lucani_n lib._n 4._o quid_fw-la ambraciotes_n ille_fw-la cleombrotus_n videlicet_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la platonis_fw-la illum_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la perlegasset_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la platoni_n credidit_fw-la lactantius_n certain_a general_n axiom_n collect_v out_o of_o the_o precedent_n dialogue_n concern_v the_o soul_n 1._o axiom_n moral_a 1._o pain_n and_o pleasure_n be_v of_o kin_n and_o so_o link_v together_o that_o they_o close_o succeed_v each_o other_o by_o turn_n 2._o no_o man_n ought_v upon_o what_o account_n soever_o to_o desert_v the_o station_n wherein_o god_n have_v place_v he_o but_o to_o persist_v in_o the_o duty_n thereof_o contemn_v all_o opposition_n 3._o self-murder_n be_v a_o great_a crime_n est_fw-la *_o ac_fw-la donec_fw-la deus_fw-la ille_fw-la creator_n qui_fw-la terrena_fw-la animam_fw-la primò_fw-la station_n locavit_fw-la evocat_fw-la haud_fw-la illa_fw-la station_n excedere_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la 4._o a_o wise_a man_n ought_v not_o only_o not_o to_o fear_v death_n but_o also_o to_o desire_v it_o with_o submission_n to_o to_o the_o divine_a will._n 5._o philosophy_n be_v the_o perpetual_a meditation_n 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prescribe_v by_o good_a law_n of_o the_o country_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v by_o a_o wise_a man_n nor_o funeral_n pomp_n affect_v 80._o affect_v so_o epicurus_n in_o his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n sepeliunto_n nos_fw-la quà_fw-la videbitur_fw-la in_o hortis_fw-la commodissimum_fw-la nihilq_fw-la interim_n sumptuosiùs_fw-la quod_fw-la sivo_fw-la ad_fw-la sepulturam_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la monumentum_fw-la pertineat_fw-la agunto_fw-la diog._n laert._n lib._n 80._o ii_o axiom_n natural_a 1._o contrary_n be_v produce_v out_o of_o contrary_n but_o can_v possible_o subsist_v the_o same_o in_o one_o subject_n at_o the_o same_o time_n 2._o to_o learn_v be_v to_o remember_v what_o the_o soul_n know_v before_o it_o come_v into_o the_o body_n or_o there_o be_v natural_o and_o congenial_o in_o the_o soul_n the_o seed_n of_o all_o science_n which_o be_v only_o cultivate_v and_o mature_v by_o method_n of_o discipline_n not_o implant_v or_o ingraff_v at_o first_o as_o aristotle_n 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