Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	love_v	word_n	3,306	5	4.1533	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28927	Characters of the virtues & vices of the age, or, Moral reflections, maxims, and thoughts upon men and manners translated from the most refined French wits ... and extracted from the most celebrated English writers ... : digested alphabetically under proper titles / by A. Boyer, Gent.	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1695 (1695)	Wing B3912; ESTC R19552	97,677	222

*_o love_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o penurious_a god_n very_a niggard_n of_o his_o opportunity_n he_o must_v be_v watch_v like_o a_o hard-hearted_a treasurer_n for_o he_o bolt_v out_o of_o a_o sudden_a and_o if_o you_o take_v he_o not_o in_o the_o nick_n he_o vanish_v in_o a_o twinkle_n xxx_o *_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n in_o the_o world_n to_o revenge_v upon_o a_o lover_n the_o deceit_n of_o his_o love_n for_o as_o in_o war_n so_o in_o love_n stratagem_n be_v always_o allow_v xxxi_o *_o a_o silly_a mistress_n be_v like_o a_o weak_a place_n soon_o get_v soon_o lose_v xxxii_o *_o mistress_n be_v like_o book_n if_o you_o poor_a upon_o they_o too_o much_o they_o dose_n you_o and_o make_v you_o unfit_a for_o company_n but_o if_o use_v discreet_o you_o be_v the_o sitter_n for_o conversation_n by_o they_o xxxiii_o *_o some_o woman_n pray_v for_o husband_n that_o they_o may_v the_o better_a love_n at_o random_n xxxiv_o *_o many_o a_o spark_n that_o hunt_v after_o a_o mistress_n often_o get_v a_o wife_n and_o stand_v condemn_v to_o a_o repentance_n during_o life_n without_o redemption_n except_o one_o of_o the_o two_o die_v xxxv_o *_o some_o people_z fall_n in_o love_n by_o contagion_n and_o mere_o by_o converse_v with_o the_o infect_a xxxvi_o *_o man_n do_v not_o see_v or_o taste_v or_o find_v the_o thing_n they_o love_v but_o they_o create_v it_o they_o fashion_v a_o idol_n in_o what_o figure_n or_o shape_n they_o please_v set_v it_o up_o worship_v it_o dote_v upon_o it_o pursue_v it_o and_o sometime_o run_v mad_a for_o it_o xxxvii_o *_o the_o extravagant_a transport_v of_o love_n and_o the_o wonderful_a force_n of_o nature_n be_v uncontrollable_a the_o one_o carry_v we_o out_o of_o ourselves_o and_o the_o other_o bring_v we_o back_o again_o xxxviii_o two_o passionate_a lover_n can_v partake_v of_o other_o pleasure_n than_o those_o which_o they_o receive_v from_o their_o love_n thirty-nine_o there_o be_v no_o passion_n that_o more_o excite_v we_o to_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v noble_a and_o generous_a than_o a_o honest_a love_n xl._n short_a absence_n excite_v passion_n whereas_o a_o long_a one_o destroy_v they_o xli_o woman_n who_o preserve_v a_o passion_n for_o person_n that_o be_v absent_a raise_v but_o little_a in_o those_o who_o see_v they_o and_o the_o continuation_n of_o their_o love_n for_o the_o absent_a be_v less_o a_o honour_n to_o their_o constancy_n than_o a_o scandal_n to_o their_o beauty_n xlii_o the_o love_n of_o young_a people_n be_v only_o a_o irregular_a passion_n and_o boil_a desire_n that_o have_v no_o other_o object_n than_o pleasure_n and_o which_o enjoyment_n dissipate_v xliii_o love_n come_v in_o by_o the_o ear_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o eye_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o great_a indiscretion_n in_o a_o man_n to_o make_v a_o long_a descant_n upon_o his_o mistress_n perfection_n before_o his_o friend_n xliv_o love_n have_v as_o it_o be_v never_o well_o establish_v his_o power_n till_o he_o have_v ruin_v that_o of_o reason_n xlv_o love_n begin_v by_o love_n and_o the_o great_a friendship_n can_v never_o influence_n but_o a_o very_a small_a passion_n xlvi_o nothing_o resemble_v true_a friendship_n so_o well_o as_o those_o engagement_n which_o have_v a_o secret_a love_n at_o the_o bottom_n xlvii_o we_o never_o love_v true_o but_o once_o and_o that_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o love_v the_o follow_a passion_n be_v less_o involuntary_a xlviii_o that_o passion_n which_o be_v raise_v on_o the_o sudden_a be_v the_o most_o difficult_a to_o be_v cure_v xlix_o that_o love_n which_o increase_v by_o degree_n be_v so_o much_o like_o friendship_n that_o it_o can_v never_o be_v a_o violent_a passion_n l._n as_o nice_a as_o we_o be_v in_o love_n we_o still_o forgive_v more_o fault_n in_o that_o than_o in_o friendship_n li._n we_o tell_v our_o secret_n in_o friendship_n but_o they_o slip_v from_o we_o in_o love_n lii_o there_o be_v many_o remedy_n to_o cure_v love_n but_o never_o a_o one_o of_o they_o be_v infallible_a liii_o the_o great_a miracle_n love_n can_v work_v be_v to_o cure_v a_o coquet_n humour_n liv._o coquet_n make_v it_o a_o pride_n to_o be_v jealous_a of_o their_o lover_n only_o to_o conceal_v their_o envy_n of_o other_o woman_n lv._o the_o reason_n why_o lover_n be_v but_o seldom_o uneasy_a in_o one_o another_o company_n be_v because_o they_o never_o talk_v of_o any_o thing_n but_o themselves_o lvi_o it_o be_v a_o lover_n fault_n if_o he_o be_v not_o sensible_a when_o he_o cease_v to_o be_v belove_v lvii_o a_o man_n of_o part_n may_v love_v indiscreet_o but_o not_o sottish_o lviii_o the_o grace_n of_o novelty_n be_v to_o love_n what_o the_o blue-mourn_a or_o gloss_n be_v to_o the_o fruit_n it_o give_v they_o a_o lustre_n which_o be_v easy_o deface_v and_o when_o once_o go_v never_o return_v any_o more_o lix_n a_o fever_n be_v the_o proper_a simile_n of_o love_n for_o in_o both_o case_n the_o degree_n and_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v out_o of_o our_o own_o power_n lx._n it_o be_v better_a for_o a_o man_n sometime_o to_o be_v deceive_v in_o what_o he_o love_v than_o to_o be_v plain_o deal_v with_o lxi_o it_o be_v as_o hard_a for_o a_o woman_n to_o manage_v a_o fond_a lover_n as_o a_o cold_a one_o lxii_o woman_n general_o keep_v the_o first_o lover_n only_o for_o want_v of_o a_o second_o lxiii_o man_n often_o go_v from_o love_n to_o ambition_n but_o seldom_o come_v back_o again_o from_o ambition_n to_o love_n lxiv_o all_o our_o passion_n engage_v man_n in_o some_o fault_n but_o those_o of_o love_n be_v the_o most_o ridiculous_a lxv_o of_o all_o violent_a passion_n love_n become_v a_o woman_n best_a lxvi_o in_o the_o first_o passion_n woman_n have_v common_o a_o affection_n for_o the_o lover_n but_o afterward_o they_o seldom_o love_v but_o for_o the_o pleasure_n of_o loving_n lxvii_o love_n though_o never_o so_o agreeable_a a_o passion_n please_v still_o more_o by_o the_o way_n it_o take_v to_o show_v itself_o than_o it_o do_v upon_o its_o own_o account_n lxviii_o though_o love_n be_v wear_v out_o yet_o it_o make_v both_o lover_n and_o mistress_n uneasy_a to_o part_v lxix_o it_o be_v oftentimes_o much_o hard_a to_o forbear_v love_v a_o unkind_a mistress_n than_o to_o bear_v with_o her_o cruel_a usage_n lxx_o it_o be_v with_o old_a love_n as_o with_o old_a age_n a_o man_n live_v to_o all_o the_o misery_n but_o be_v dead_a to_o all_o the_o pleasure_n of_o life_n lxxi_o there_o be_v one_o kind_a of_o love_n who_o excess_n prevent_v jealousy_n lxxii_o in_o love_n cozen_v always_o exceed_v distrust_n lxxiii_o there_o be_v some_o self-conceited_a fop_n who_o when_o they_o be_v in_o love_n entertain_v themselves_o with_o their_o own_o passion_n instead_o of_o the_o person_n that_o cause_v it_o marriage_n matrimony_n child_n i._o many_o marriage_n prove_v convenient_a and_o useful_a but_o few_o delightful_a ii_o *_o it_o be_v much_o with_o wedlock_n as_o with_o our_o elixir_n and_o antidote_n there_o go_v a_o thousand_o ingredient_n 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dispose_v to_o sacrifice_v all_o the_o ease_n of_o they_o they_o love_v than_o to_o part_v with_o their_o own_o x._o we_o feel_v and_o resent_v both_o our_o good_a and_o ill_a fortune_n in_o proportion_n to_o our_o self-love_n xi_o self-love_n make_v more_o man_n cruel_a than_o natural_a sternness_n and_o a_o rough_a temper_n xii_o self-love_n be_v often_o cheat_v by_o its_o own_o self_n for_o when_o it_o consider_v its_o own_o interest_n it_o so_o whole_o overlook_v the_o interest_n of_o other_o as_o thereby_o to_o lose_v all_o the_o advantage_n that_o may_v be●_n make_v by_o the_o exchange_n of_o kindness_n and_o good_a office_n xiii_o a_o man_n be_v but_o little_a the_o better_a for_o like_n himself_o when_o no_o body_n else_o like_v he_o for_o a_o immoderate_a love_n of_o one_o self_n be_v very_o often_o chastife_v by_o contempt_n from_o other_o fourteen_o self-love_n according_a as_o it_o be_v right_o or_o otherwise_o understand_v and_o apply_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o 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