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A18109
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A treatise of vse and custome
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Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671.
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STC 4753; ESTC S107685
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verborum_fw-la discordiâ_fw-la controversia_fw-la nata_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o happy_a thing_n it_o be_v for_o the_o world_n that_o word_n be_v well_o understand_v every_o where_o and_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o strife_n and_o contention_n about_o word_n quite_o take_v away_o but_o that_o will_v not_o be_v as_o long_o as_o the_o world_n endure_v it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o wish_v it_o though_o not_o to_o wish_v it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o either_o a_o ignorant_a or_o uncharitable_a man_n but_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o word_n here_o but_o as_o custom_n my_o present_a subject_n have_v to_o do_v with_o they_o to_o wit_n to_o show_v the_o power_n of_o custom_n upon_o word_n and_o some_o remarkable_a effect_n of_o this_o power_n a._n gellius_n say_v well_o in_o a_o place_n consuetudo_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la domina_fw-la sed_fw-la maximè_fw-la verborum_fw-la and_o quintilian_n yet_o more_o full_o that_o consuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la certissima_fw-la 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imposita_fw-la sint_fw-la qua_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o etymologias_n inducunt_fw-la and_o a._n gellius_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n nomina_fw-la verbaque_fw-la non_fw-la posita_fw-la fortuito_fw-la sed_fw-la quadam_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o ratione_fw-la naturae_fw-la facta_fw-la esse_fw-la p._n nigidius_n in_o grammaticis_fw-la commentariis_fw-la docet_fw-la rem_fw-la sane_fw-la in_o philosophiae_fw-la dissertationibus_fw-la celebrem_fw-la queri_fw-la enim_fw-la solitum_fw-la apud_fw-la philosophos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sint_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n saint_n augustine_n handle_v it_o at_o large_a in_o his_o de_fw-la dialectica_fw-la to_o who_o and_o to_o gellius_n i_o refer_v they_o that_o will_v know_v more_o of_o it_o hereupon_o the_o stoic_n do_v earnest_o bestir_v themselves_o to_o find_v out_o and_o penetrate_v into_o the_o etymology_n of_o every_o word_n and_o to_o show_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o in_o nature_n but_o to_o speak_v truth_n their_o labour_n tend_v rather_o to_o make_v sport_n unto_o the_o idle_a then_o to_o give_v satisfaction_n unto_o the_o sober_o curious_a yet_o the_o