Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	know_v	nature_n	revelation_n	1,266	5	9.3823	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29858	Certain miscellany tracts written by Thomas Brown.	Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.	1683 (1683)	Wing B5151; ESTC R25304	83,412	232

his_o house_n the_o oracle_n import_v no_o more_o than_o a_o smith_n forge_n express_v by_o a_o double_a bellows_o the_o hammer_n and_o anvil_n therein_o now_o why_o the_o oracle_n shall_v place_v such_o consideration_n upon_o the_o bone_n of_o orestes_n the_o son_n of_o agamemnon_n a_o mad_a man_n and_o a_o murderer_n if_o not_o to_o promote_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o heathen_n and_o maintain_v a_o superstitious_a veneration_n of_o thing_n of_o no_o activity_n it_o may_v leave_v no_o small_a obscurity_n or_o why_o in_o a_o business_n so_o clear_a in_o his_o knowledge_n he_o shall_v affect_v so_o obscure_a expression_n it_o may_v also_o be_v wonder_v if_o it_o be_v not_o to_o maintain_v the_o wary_a and_o evasive_a method_n in_o his_o answer_n for_o speak_v obscure_o in_o thing_n beyond_o doubt_n within_o his_o knowledge_n he_o may_v be_v more_o tolerable_o dark_a in_o matter_n beyond_o his_o prescience_n though_o ei_o be_v inscribe_v over_o the_o gate_n of_o delphos_n yet_o be_v 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