Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	aaron_n	altar_n	sweet_a	180	3	7.1938	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36161	A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.; Dictionarium antiquitatum Romanarum et Graecarum. English	Danet, Pierre, ca. 1650-1709.	1700 (1700)	Wing D171; ESTC R14021	1,057,883	623

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roman_n be_v not_o so_o much_o give_v to_o the_o worship_v of_o star_n as_o the_o eastern_a nation_n so_o they_o adore_v vesta_n and_o vulcan_n as_o the_o terrestrial_a and_o elementary_a fire_n distinguish_v the_o fire_n of_o the_o earth_n from_o that_o of_o heaven_n take_v vesta_n for_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o centre_n whereof_o according_a to_o their_o opinion_n a_o eternal_a fire_n be_v burn_v this_o be_v report_v by_o ovid_n in_o his_o fasti_fw-la and_o this_o poet_n tell_v we_o also_o afterward_o that_o the_o perpetual_a fire_n be_v the_o only_a image_n they_o have_v of_o vesta_n be_v impossible_a to_o have_v a_o true_a image_n of_o fire_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o custom_n former_o to_o keep_v a_o fire_n at_o the_o entry_n of_o house_n which_o therefore_o have_v ever_o since_o keep_v the_o name_n of_o vestibulum_fw-la and_o that_o they_o sit_v at_o long_a table_n to_o take_v their_o meal_n in_o these_o entry_n where_o the_o fire_n represent_v the_o go_n esse_fw-la diu_fw-la 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fire_n shall_v be_v keep_v on_o his_o altar_n say_v aaron_n shall_v burn_v thereon_o sweet_a incense_n and_o he_o shall_v burn_v incense_n upon_o it_o a_o perpetual_a incense_n before_o the_o lord_n and_o it_o be_v very_o likely_a that_o the_o severe_a punishment_n that_o be_v inflict_v on_o the_o two_o son_n of_o aaron_n befall_v they_o because_o they_o have_v neglect_v the_o holy_a fire_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o attempt_v to_o light_v it_o again_o with_o profane_a fire_n the_o vestal_a virgin_n be_v also_o very_o severe_o punish_v when_o they_o let_v out_o the_o fire_n of_o vesta_n as_o it_o be_v report_v by_o livy_n for_o they_o be_v persuade_v that_o the_o eternity_n of_o the_o empire_n depend_v upon_o the_o eternity_n of_o that_o fire_n dionysius_n halicarnasseus_n say_v that_o numa_n build_v at_o rome_n a_o temple_n to_o vesta_n to_o keep_v a_o fire_n therein_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o virgin_n like_o that_o which_o be_v keep_v at_o alba_n by_o the_o like_a ministry_n of_o 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precibus_fw-la eliciebant_fw-la diodorus_n siculus_n observe_v that_o when_o the_o persian_a king_n die_v all_o the_o fire_n be_v put_v out_o and_o be_v kindle_v again_o either_o with_o glass_n as_o plutarch_n say_v or_o by_o magic_a artifice_n as_o servius_n seem_v to_o insinuate_v the_o fire_n that_o be_v burn_v in_o the_o temple_n come_v from_o heaven_n either_o by_o lightning_n or_o burning-glass_n or_o by_o bore_v or_o rub_v a_o piece_n of_o wood_n with_o violence_n as_o festus_n relate_v mos_fw-la erat_fw-la tabulam_fw-la felicis_fw-la materiae_fw-la tandiu_fw-la terebrare_fw-la quousque_fw-la exceptum_fw-la ignem_fw-la cribro_fw-la aeneo_fw-la virgo_fw-la in_o aedem_fw-la ferret_n the_o fire_n of_o the_o star_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v honour_v in_o the_o person_n of_o jupiter_n call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o phaenician_a language_n cham_n both_o these_o name_n be_v derive_v from_o heat_n and_o fire_n but_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o sublunary_a world_n be_v represent_v either_o