Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n
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A67336
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The maid's tragedy altered with some other pieces / by Edmund Waller, Esq. ; not before printed in the several editions of his poems.
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Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
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1690
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Wing W502; ESTC R6612
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invade_v they_o and_o now_o the_o decemviri_fw-la be_v force_v to_o call_v the_o long-desired_a senate_n whereof_o the_o people_n be_v so_o glad_a that_o hostibus_fw-la belloque_fw-la gratiam_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la this_o assembly_n break_v up_o in_o discontent_n nevertheless_o the_o war_n proceed_v force_n be_v raise_v lead_v by_o some_o of_o the_o decemviri_fw-la and_o with_o the_o sabine_n they_o meet_v in_o the_o field_n i_o know_v your_o lordship_n expect_v the_o event_n my_o author_n word_n of_o his_o countryman_n be_v these_o ne_o '_o quid_fw-la ductu_fw-la aut_fw-la auspicio_fw-la decemvirorum_n prosper_v gereretur_fw-la vinci_fw-la se_fw-la patiebantur_fw-la they_o choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v a_o present_a diminution_n of_o their_o honour_n than_o by_o victory_n to_o confirm_v the_o tyranny_n of_o their_o new_a master_n at_o their_o return_n from_o this_o unfortunate_a expedition_n after_o some_o distemper_n and_o expostulation_n of_o the_o people_n another_o senate_n 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