Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	arm_n	great_a	people_n	1,001	5	4.0844	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58062	Observations on the poems of Homer and Virgil a discourse representing the excellencies of those works; and the perfections in general, of all heroick action. Out of the French, by John Davies of Kidwelly.; Comparaison des poèmes d'Homere et de Virgile. English. 1672.	Rapin, René, 1621-1687.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1672 (1672)	Wing R266; ESTC R217966	42,159	138

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of_o those_o two_o great_a man_n methinks_v i_o may_v say_v without_o decide_v any_o thing_n as_o i_o have_v always_o pretend_v that_o according_a to_o the_o observation_n i_o have_v make_v thing_n may_v be_v thus_o divide_v that_o homer_n have_v more_o fancy_n virgil_n more_o discretion_n and_o judgement_n and_o that_o if_o i_o shall_v choose_v rather_o to_o have_v be_v homer_n than_o virgil_n i_o shall_v also_o much_o rather_o wish_v that_o i_o have_v write_v the_o aeneid_n than_o the_o iliad_n and_o odyssey_n in_o which_o i_o have_v the_o approbation_n of_o propertius_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o his_o suffrage_n which_o he_o bestow_v on_o virgil_n in_o so_o disinterest_v a_o manner_n for_o though_o his_o reputation_n be_v much_o more_o establish_v than_o that_o of_o virgil_n and_o though_o the_o jealousy_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v the_o true_a self-love_n be_v incomparable_o great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o heart_n yet_o do_v he_o not_o stick_v to_o take_v off_o the_o crown_n from_o his_o own_o head_n to_o place_v it_o upon_o virgil_n and_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o all_o aught_o to_o give_v he_o place_n nay_o even_o homer_n himself_o cedite_fw-la romani_fw-la scriptores_fw-la cedite_fw-la graii_n nescio_fw-la quid_fw-la majus_fw-la nascitur_fw-la aeneide_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la poet_n c._n 26._o 26._o duo_o illi_fw-la omnis_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la apices_fw-la homerus_fw-la &_o virgilius_n casaub_n praes_n in_o pers_n pers_n pretiosissimum_fw-la opus_fw-la animi_fw-la humani_fw-la plin._n lib._n 7._o c._n 9_o 9_o qui_fw-la homerum_fw-la contemnunt_fw-la vix_fw-la illis_fw-la optari_fw-la quioquam_fw-la pejus_fw-la potest_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la fatuitate_fw-la suâ_fw-la fruantur_fw-la casaub_n dissert_n de_fw-fr homero_n homero_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poet._n c._n 5._o 5._o poet._n cap._n 5._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iliad_n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poetic_n poetic_n leg._n l._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr art_n poetic_a poetic_a fingenti_fw-la formantique_a principem_fw-la voto_fw-la concipe●e_fw-la succur●i●_n similem_fw-la huic_fw-la qu●m_fw-la videmus_fw-la videmus_fw-la fast_o l_o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la loll._n l._n i._o ep._n ii_o ii_o ad_fw-la pison_n pison_n ad_fw-la pison_n pison_n ibid._n ibid._n horat._n ad_fw-la pison_n pison_n per_fw-la ambage_n deorumque_fw-la ministeria_fw-la ministeria_fw-la art_n poet._n poet._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pollux_n pollux_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n suidas_n tusc_n qu●st_n l._n 1._o 1._o in_o argumentis_fw-la cacilius_n pa●m●m_fw-la poscit_fw-la in_fw-la sermonibu_fw-la plautus_n in_o moribus_fw-la ter●n●ius_n ter●n●ius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epist_n ad_fw-la att._n lib._n 13._o 13._o art_n poet._n lib._n 1._o c._n 14._o in_o bruto_fw-la bruto_fw-la ad_fw-la ●●●en_n l_o 4._o 4._o cic_fw-la ad_fw-la heren_n lib_n 4._o 4._o poet._n c._n 23._o 23._o lib._n 3._o 3._o lib._n 13._o c._n 14._o 14._o orat._n orat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d