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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	descend_v	ladder_n	1,870	5	11.7110	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33874	A collection of the funeral-orations, pronounc'd by publick authority in Holland upon the death of ... Mary II Queen of Great Britain, &c. by Dr. James Perizonius ..., Dr. George Grevius ..., F. Francius ..., Mr. Ortwinius ..., and, the learned author of the Collection of new and curious pieces ; to which is added, the invitation of the chancellor of the electoral University of Wittenberg, in Saxony, to George Wilbain Kirchmais, to pronounce a funeral oration upon the Queen's death, &c. ; done into English from the Latin originals.	Kirchmaier, Georg Wilhelm, 1673-1759.; Francius, Petrus, 1645-1704. Oratio in funere Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Reginae Mariae. English.; Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703. Mariae Stuartae ... Britanniae, Galliae, et Hiberniae Reginae ... justa persoluta. English.; Ortwinius, Joannes. Laudatio funebris recitata post excessum Serenissimae ... Mariae Stuartae. English.; Spanheim, Friedrich, 1632-1701. Laudatio funebris ... Mariae II Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Reginae. English.	1695 (1695)	Wing C5203; ESTC R10177	94,331	161

are very agreeable and most useful to persons of Quality and particularly to those that are so highly exalted above others Besides that Beauty that Majesty that comely Grace that noble Aire which accompany'd every thing she did She had together with a solid Judgment a Polite and pleasing Wit She was extreamly addicted to reading aud had made good use of it She gave a Sound Judgment of mens Writings and the Products of Wit but with an extraordinary Modesty which made her frequently demand the Opinion of others rather then give her own Judgment Her Conversation was easie and she gave a pleasing Turn to every thing she said she spake French and Dutch with the same readiness as English And when there happen'd to be persons about her of those three Nations that understood no other then their own Language which happen'd almost every day she spoke sometimes one then another Language with a Surprizing readiness and without ever mistaking which is very Extraordinary and so well ordered her business in speaking to every one in their turn that never any Body departed from her presence but was extreamly satisfied and charm'd with her obliging behaviour She also wrote as she spoke a free and natural Hand She was very well read in History she was likewise a Lover of French Authors and understood all the Delicacy of that Language She was perfectly well instructed in Religion and having had frequent Discourses with Learned and able Divines she had greatly advantag'd her self by their knowledge So that it may be truly said that the Devotion was an enlightened Devotion Sincere and far remote from Superstition and all manner of Ostentation However a Considerable time was requisite to accomplish all this and therefore there was something of admirable in the Diligence of this Excel●ent Queen and very Extraordinary in a Person of her Sex her Age and Degree For she spent every hour of the day to profit and advantage far different from most People who covetous of many things are so prodigal of that little time which is left 'em and which is so burthensome to 'em that they seek always to wast it Who is able to apprehend two things so opposite So much Love for Life and so little esteem for the time that Limits it But I return to my Subject and I must tell ye that besides-this knowledge and these Lights that the Queen had acquir'd she has a good relish in general which gave her the advantage to find out in things that which was good and to observe that which was bad she was able justly to distinguish and she had a high esteem for Persons of merit and Piety And it may be truly said that those Persons that she Honour'd with her particular Confidence and Esteem are Persons of solid and distinguished worth therefore she highly cherish'd 'em and whatever business she had she wrote to 'em from time to time with her own Hand Together with all this Her Inclinations were admirable she was generous Charitable Good Liberal and Beneficent beyond Expression So that she was belov'd not as usually Great Personages are belov'd out of Interest or Necessity or Policy for she had in that the same Advantage that Private Persons have to be belov'd by Choice by Esteem by Inclination and because she was altogether Amiable Never was the Esteem and Affection which all the World had for this Great Princess so well understood as when she departed for England Every Body pressed to make their Addresses to her and tho' she were going to receive a Crown the sorrow that the People had to see that she must leave 'em made 'em forget their joy that so much Grandeur and Honour was preparing for her The People crowded in throngs from distant Cities They brought their little Children to see her to make 'em Admire her to make 'em remember her and to wish her the Blessing of Long Life and Prosperity with their Undefiled and Innocent Mouths When she parted from the H●gue all the People throng'd in Heapes the Court to the Coaches could not pass every Body Wept and every Body loaded her with Benedictions and tender wishes All the People attended her to the Sea and the Sky resounded with the loud Cries and Farewel Acclamations of the Multitude And indeed when these sort of Demonstrations of Love and Affection happen more especially in Republicks where the People are not obliged to testify what they have in their Hearts it must be acknowledg'd that these loud Cries these good Wishes and Benedictions are the Voice of the Heart or rather the Voices which Merit and Virtue produced in the Heart and caus'd to issue forth from as many Lips as there were Persons But besides the good Qualities peculiar to those of her Sex it may be said that she had a Ripe and Solid Judgment and a surprizing Capacity for the management of Affairs and which caus'd the Admiration of Foreign Ministers This Great Queen in a Word was endued with all the Virtue and all the Charms of the most Virtuous and Amiable Women and all the Merit and Capacity of the most Famous Men. This next to God was your Workmanship Great and Magnanimous Hero who having made choice of this Princess a Princess after your own heart took pleasure in making it your business to bring to perfection such happy Inclinations and instructed her in the Great Art of Ruling so difficult for those that are desirous to acquit themselves as you do 'T was with so good a second that this Great King shar'd the Government leaving to her the Conduct at Home while he was oblig'd to cross the Seas and put himself at the Head of a League of which he was the soul and Primum Mobile What was then the Employment of our Pious Queen She redoubled her Vows and Prayers to Heaven and in the mid'st of her Alarms and Fears for the Preservation of a Person so dear to her she kept her self at the foot of the Mystical Ladder where her Prayers and the Answers to 'em were as so many Angels continually Ascending and Descending to and from Heaven But then you saw her at the Helm of Government issuing forth her Orders like a Prudent and Politic Princess and truly worthy the Great King with whom she was Associated and whose Genius and Maxims she observed Yet with so much Discretion and Reservedness that when there fell out any thing of Delicate and Unexpected upon which she could have time to consult the Great Prince her real Oracle she always did it With what Transports of joy did she behold the return of this Great Monarch After he had been exposing himself to guard all Europe from the Slavery into which in all human probability it was falling without the Interposition of his Resistance What Satisfaction what Gladness on his Part to Reimbrace the Object of all his Esteem and all his Tenderness What Acclamations What shouts of Joy How were the People charm'd to behold the