Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	sir_n	thomas_n	william_n	135,042	5	9.3100	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51160	The spirit of calumny and slander, examin'd, chastis'd, and expos'd, in a letter to a malicious libeller more particularly address'd to Mr. George Ridpath, newsmonger, near St. Martins in the Fields : containing some animadversions on his scurrilous pamphlets, published by him against the kings, Parliaments, laws, nobility and clergy of Scotland : together with a short account of Presbyterian principles and consequential practices.	Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?; S. W.	1693 (1693)	Wing M2446; ESTC R4040	71,379	106

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nature_n i_o be_o in_o a_o strait_a o_o lord_n undertake_v for_o i_o sir_n i_o hope_v you_o will_v excuse_v i_o in_o send_v you_o these_o indistinct_a and_o irregular_a line_n when_o you_o consider_v my_o present_a condition_n sir_n believe_v i_o i_o will_v many_o time_n when_o i_o be_o before_o they_o think_v a_o scaffold_n a_o sweet_a retirement_n lest_o they_o shall_v cheat_v and_o deceive_v i_o in_o make_v i_o either_o to_o stain_v the_o declarative_a glory_n of_o god_n my_o own_o conscience_n or_o his_o people_n and_o interest_n and_o wrong_v of_o they_o either_o by_o open_v the_o enemy_n mouth_n against_o they_o or_o let_v loose_a their_o hand_n upon_o they_o henceforth_o let_v the_o adversary_n both_o say_v and_o do_v what_o they_o can_v yet_o the_o righteous_a shall_v hold_v on_o in_o his_o way_n and_o he_o who_o have_v clean_a hand_n will_v be_v strong_a and_o strong_a job_n 7._o v_o 9_o but_o he_o that_o say_v unto_o the_o wicked_a thou_o be_v righteous_a he_o shall_v the_o people_n curse_n nation_n shall_v abhor_v he_o prov._n 24._o v_o 24._o farewell_o in_o the_o lord_n sic_fw-la subscribitur_fw-la mr._n james_n mitchel_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la continuat_fw-la continuat_fw-la a_o true_a account_n of_o the_o horrid_a conspiracy_n against_o the_o king_n etc._n etc._n print_v by_o tho._n newcomb_n edit_fw-la 2._o 1685._o contin_n p._n 4._o aeli_fw-la hist_o var._n dr._n paterson_n dr._n caincross_n nal_n coll._n 1_o vol._n pag._n 499._o vid._n p._n 500_o &_o 501._o ib._n p._n 503._o ib._n p._n 502._o contin_n p._n 10._o pag._n 12._o ans_fw-fr scot._n eloq_fw-la p._n 4._o pag._n 14._o ibid._n ibid._n this_o be_v glance_v at_o in_o a_o late_a letter_n write_v by_o a_o presbyterian_a minister_n to_o a_o member_n of_o parliament_n p._n 11._o p._n 15._o 15._o presb._n inquisit_a pag._n 16._o buchan_n hist_o lib._n 19_o calvin_n inst_n lib._n 4._o and_o again_o lib._n 4._o c._n 10._o §_o 6._o sane_n si_fw-la very_fw-la episcopi_fw-la essent_fw-la aliquid_fw-la eye_v in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la auctoritatis_fw-la tribuerem_fw-la non_fw-la quantum_fw-la sibi_fw-la postulant_fw-la sed_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la politiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ritè_fw-la ordinandam_fw-la requiritur_fw-la vid._n nal_n coll._n 1._o vol._n and_o the_o k_n large_a manifesto_n pag._n 17._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 19_o vid._n hist_o obs_n mss._n by_o guth_n montross_n def_n at_o philiphaugh_n pag_n 20._o ibid._n ibid._n gen._n ass_n 1648._o p._n mihi_fw-la 44._o print_v by_o eu._n tyler_n edinb_n an._n 1648._o an._n 1638._o nals_n hist_o col._n 1._o vol._n p._n 128._o v._o king_n be_v large_a manifesto_n &_o nal_n hist_o coll._n 1_o vol._n pag._n 151._o 151._o nal._n hist_o coll._n 1_o vol._n ans_fw-fr to_o the_o 3_o reason_n pag._n 152._o 152._o then_o i._o theologie_n morale_n des_fw-fr jesuit_n pag._n mihi_fw-la 149_o 150._o a_o cologne_n an._n 1666._o en_fw-fr verity_n mes_fw-fr peres_n il_fw-fr ya_fw-mi bien_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr difference_n entre_fw-fr rire_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr religion_n &_o rire_fw-fr de_fw-fr ceux_fw-fr qui_fw-fr la_fw-fr profanent_fw-la par_fw-fr leur_fw-fr opinion_n extravagantes_fw-la ce_fw-fr seroit_fw-fr une_fw-fr impietè_fw-fr de_fw-fr manquer_v de_fw-fr respect_n pour_fw-fr les_fw-fr veritesque_fw-la l'_fw-fr esprit_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr à_fw-fr revelées_fw-fr mais_fw-fr ce_fw-fr seroit_fw-fr une_fw-fr autre_fw-fr impietè_fw-fr de_fw-fr manquer_v de_fw-mi i_o pris_fw-fr pour_fw-fr les_fw-fr faussetez_fw-fr que_fw-fr l'_fw-fr esprit_fw-fr de_fw-fr l'_fw-fr homme_fw-fr leur_fw-fr oppose_v oppose_v nal_n hist_o coll._n 1_o vol._n pag._n 532._o pag._n 23._o july_n 28._o 1648._o ante_fw-la mer._n sess_z 18._o p._n mili_fw-la 7._o act_n and_o declar._n against_o the_o act_n of_o p._n pag._n 17._o pag_n 3._o pag._n 4._o ibid_fw-la pag._n 5._o ibid._n pag_n 28._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n pag._n 29._o ibid._n pag._n 30._o pag._n 31._o pag._n 32._o 32._o nal_n coll._n 1._o vol._n pag._n 795._o pag._n 33._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n continuat_fw-la pag._n 34._o pag._n 35._o pag._n 36._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n pag._n 37._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n aelian_a var._n hist._n hist._n ad_fw-la illustriss_n vir._n car._n coss_n francia_fw-la maresch_n in_o jephth_n tragoed_n praef._n absurdam_fw-la fortasse_fw-la rem_fw-la facere_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la videbor_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la hominem_fw-la ab_fw-la ineunte_fw-la aetate_fw-la militaribus_fw-la imbutum_fw-la studiis_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la arma_fw-la tubasque_fw-la semper_fw-la versatum_fw-la munusculum_fw-la hoc_fw-la literarium_fw-la mittam_fw-la sed_fw-la two_o fere_n hoc_fw-la absurdum_fw-la existimaturi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la consensionem_fw-la non_fw-la salt_n animadvertunt_fw-la aut_fw-la ingenium_fw-la tuum_fw-la parum_fw-la habent_fw-la perspectum_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la inter_fw-la rei_fw-la militaris_fw-la &_o literarum_fw-la studium_fw-la ea_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la plerique_fw-la falso_fw-la purant_fw-mi discordia_fw-la sed_fw-la summa_fw-la potius_fw-la concordia_fw-la &_o occulta_fw-la quaedam_fw-la naturae_fw-la conspiratio_fw-la quanquam_fw-la enim_fw-la superioribus_fw-la aliquot_fw-la saeculis_fw-la sive_fw-la hominum_fw-la inertia_fw-la sive_fw-la falsâ_fw-la quâdam_fw-la persuasione_n divisae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la hae_fw-la professiones_fw-la nunquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la perversa_fw-la imperitorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la tantum_fw-la potuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsae_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la veterem_fw-la illam_fw-la &_o naturalem_fw-la ut_fw-la it_o a_o loquar_fw-la cognationem_fw-la obliviscerentur_fw-la obliviscerentur_fw-la hist_o of_o the_o consp_n against_o k._n ch._n two_o pag._n 118._o continuat_fw-la pref._n p._n 10._o 10._o bishop_n brownr_n serm._n lon._n print_v 1664._o ser._n 1._o pag._n 10_o compare_v with_o williamson_n serm._n jun._n 15._o 1690._o pag_n 20._o 20._o r._n b._n answ_n to_o the_o scotch_a eloq_fw-la pag._n 53_o 53_o guth_n mss._n vid._n nal_n coll._n 1_o vol._n from_o pag._n 811_o to_o 817._o 817._o vid._n act_n of_o parl._n for_o settle_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n edinbugh_n june_n 12._o 1693._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regnipag_n 46_o 47._o vide_fw-la seasonable_a warn_v an._n 45._o 45._o see_v dangerous_a position_n by_o bishop_n bancroft_n p._n 35._o