Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n
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A60477
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Christian religion's appeal from the groundless prejudices of the sceptick to the bar of common reason by John Smith.
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Smith, John, fl. 1675-1711.
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1675
(1675)
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Wing S4109; ESTC R26922
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the_o parthian_n make_v a_o flourish_a of_o their_o ensign_n and_o a_o brandish_v of_o their_o sword_n against_o armenia_n but_o first_o this_o be_v out_o of_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o armenia_n be_v not_o reduce_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n till_o trajan_n reign_n heylin_n geograph_n 799._o and_o second_o the_o parthian_a be_v persuade_v to_o fold_v up_o his_o colour_n and_o put_v up_o his_o sword_n before_o they_o have_v be_v roll_v and_o bathe_v in_o blood_n tacit_fw-la annal_n 13._o 179._o datisque_fw-la obsidibus_fw-la solitam_fw-la prioribus_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la in_o r._n populum_fw-la continuare_fw-la choose_n rather_o to_o give_v surety_n for_o their_o future_a good_a behaviour_n towards_o the_o state_n and_o her_o confederate_n than_o try_v the_o roman_a mettle_n in_o his_o next_o year_n there_o be_v pax_fw-la foris_fw-la peace_n every_o where_o abroad_o no_o brawl_n but_o what_o nero_n procure_v by_o his_o nightwalk_a among_o the_o stew_n no_o bloodshed_n in_o any_o but_o those_o obscene_a quarrel_n tacitus_n ibid._n pag._n 184._o pax_fw-la foris_fw-la faeda_fw-la domi_fw-la lascivia_fw-la qua_fw-la nero_n lupanaria_fw-la veste_fw-la servili_fw-la in_o dissimulationem_fw-la svi_fw-la frequentavit_fw-la comitantibus_fw-la qui_fw-la vulnera_fw-la obviis_fw-la inferrent_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la acciperet_fw-la ictus_fw-la his_o three_o be_v so_o barren_a of_o action_n have_v so_o little_a wind_n stir_v as_o tacitus_n complain_v his_o storify_v vein_n be_v becalm_v his_o pen_n can_v find_v no_o pasturage_n in_o that_o year_n occurrence_n except_o he_o shall_v instead_o of_o annal_n write_v diurnal_o and_o go_v about_o to_o commend_v the_o foundation_n beam_n and_o bulk_n of_o that_o amphitheatre_n which_o the_o emperor_n erect_v in_o campo_n martio_n or_o in_o a_o tragic_a strain_n record_v the_o wound_n of_o fencer_n and_o slaughter_v of_o wild_a beast_n there_o receive_v and_o perpetrate_v that_o be_v the_o only_a martial_a camp_n for_o that_o year_n war_n which_o that_o inquisitive_a historian_n can_v give_v we_o intelligence_n of_o id._n ib._n pa._n 186._o nerone_n secundò_fw-la l._n pisone_fw-la coss._n pauca_fw-la memoria_fw-la digna_fw-la evenere_fw-la nisi_fw-la cui_fw-la libeat_fw-la laudandis_fw-la fundamentis_fw-la &_o tabulis_fw-la quîs_fw-la molem_fw-la amphitheatri_fw-la apud_fw-la campum_fw-la martium_n extruxerat_fw-la volumina_fw-la implere_fw-la in_o this_o long_a vacation_n the_o roman_a prowess_n have_v contract_v so_o much_o rust_v as_o corbulo_n in_o his_o expedition_n against_o the_o parthian_n make_v a_o new_a attempt_n upon_o armenia_n in_o nero_n four_o find_v the_o laziness_n of_o the_o roman_a soldiery_n a_o great_a prejudice_n to_o he_o than_o either_o the_o boisterous_a strength_n or_o perfidious_a wiliness_n of_o the_o enemy_n id._n ibid._n pa._n 187._o sed_fw-la corbuloni_fw-la plus_fw-la molis_fw-la erat_fw-la adversus_fw-la ignaviam_fw-la 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that_o come_v to_o the_o muster_n in_o cuerpo_n without_o headpeice_n breastplate_n etc._n etc._n neat_a and_o trim_a carpet-knight_n as_o have_v spend_v their_o life_n in_o garrison_n and_o city-delicacy_n as_o have_v never_o perform_v service_n in_o the_o field_n in_o so_o much_o as_o corbulo_n dare_v not_o emplòy_v they_o but_o be_v force_v to_o send_v as_o far_o as_o germany_n and_o spain_n to_o levy_v man_n for_o that_o armenian_a war_n who_o notwithstanding_o that_o through_o the_o midwifery_n of_o their_o native_a horrid_a clime_n they_o be_v bear_v hardy_a soldier_n yet_o their_o nurture_n and_o education_n in_o the_o soft_a and_o warm_a bosom_n of_o that_o pacific_a age_n have_v so_o far_o temper_v the_o natural_a steeliness_n of_o their_o metal_n as_o it_o turn_v edge_n so_o much_o effeminate_a their_o innate_a sturdiness_n as_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o sustain_v the_o sharpness_n of_o that_o war_n but_o run_v away_o so_o fast_o from_o their_o colour_n as_o the_o 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