Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	wonder_v	word_n	write_v	41	3	4.7189	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97086	The considerator considered: or, A brief view of certain considerations upon the Biblia polyglotta, the prolegomena and appendix thereof. Wherein, amongst other things, the certainty, integrity, and divine authority of the original texts, is defended, against the consequences of athiests, papists, antiscripturists, &c. inferred from the various readings, and novelty of the Hebrew points, by the author of the said Considerations. The Biblia polyglotta, and translations therein exhibited, with various readings, prolegomena and appendix, vindicated from his aspersions and calumnies. And the questions about the punctation of the Hebrew text, the various readings, and the ancient Hebrew character briefly handled. / By Br. Walton. D.D.	Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing W657; Thomason E1860_1; ESTC R204072	144,833	308

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graec._n edit_n a_o 1587._o piscator_fw-la schol._n ad_fw-la gen._n 15._o 8._o chamier_n panstrat_n lib._n 4._o c._n 12._o n._n 15._o voslius_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la gram._n lib._n 1._o c._n 31._o et._n lib._n 2._o c_o 8._o drusius_n ad_fw-la loca_fw-la difficil_n pent._n c._n 25._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr recta_fw-la lect_n linguae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la c._n 4._o martinius_n technol_n lud._n the_o dicu_n gram._n lib._n 1._o c._n 7._o schindler_n frequent_o in_o his_o lex_fw-la pentaglot_n i_o will_v add_v the_o word_n of_o some_o jos_n scaliger_n a_o man_n admire_v by_o most_o epist_n 243._o which_o be_v to_o buxtorf_n the_o father_n write_v thus_o de_fw-fr apicibus_fw-la vocalibus_fw-la hebraeorum_n tam_fw-la mihi_fw-la constat_fw-la rem_fw-la novam_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la eos_fw-la falli_fw-la qui_fw-la natos_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la lingua_fw-la putant_fw-la quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la stultius_fw-la dici_fw-la potuit_fw-la aut_fw-la cogitari_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la negat_fw-la arabismi_fw-la puncta_fw-la recens_fw-la esse_fw-la inventum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la multis_fw-la annis_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la impostoris_fw-la mahometis_n hodie_fw-la tamen_fw-la pveri_fw-la turcarum_fw-la arabum_n persarum_n &_o omnium_fw-la denique_fw-la mahumedanorum_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la legere_fw-la disc●nt_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la samaritani_n &_o judaei_n sine_fw-la ullis_fw-la punctis_fw-la in_fw-la synagogis_fw-la suis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o noble_a grotius_n be_v no_o whit_n inferior_a to_o scaliger_n in_o any_o kind_n of_o learning_n who_o write_v thus_o in_o matth._n 5._o 18._o libros_fw-la veteris_fw-la etiam_fw-la post_fw-la es●ram_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la vocalibus_fw-la scribi_fw-la solitos_fw-la quod_fw-la ita_fw-la perspicuis_fw-la argumentis●_n à_fw-la viris_fw-la harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la doctissimis_fw-la demonstratum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la amplius_fw-la inficiari_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la pertinacium_fw-la sit_fw-la schickard_n a_o man_n much_o verse_v in_o all_o jewish_a and_o rabbinicall_a learning_n one_o who_o be_v at_o first_o a_o stout_a defender_n of_o the_o point_n strenuiu_fw-la licet_fw-la primo_fw-la punctorum_fw-la patronus_fw-la for_o so_o the_o word_n shall_v be_v prolegom_n 3._o sect._n 50._o yet_o afterward_o when_o he_o be_v of_o a_o ripe_a judgement_n speak_v of_o the_o point_n and_o accent_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la regio_fw-la hebraeorum_n p._n 41._o say_v quod_fw-la nil_fw-la tale_n uspiam_fw-la appareat_fw-la in_o antiquis_fw-la libris_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la &_o valde_fw-la miratur_fw-la superesse_fw-la qui_fw-la vocalium_fw-la antiquitatem_fw-la serio_fw-la credunt_fw-la for_o he_o think_v non_fw-la serio_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la ostendendam_fw-la eruditionem_fw-la rabbinicam_fw-la vel_fw-la aciem_fw-la ingenii_fw-la vel_fw-la contradicendi_fw-la study_v ita_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o see_v these_o learned_a man_n do_v not_o speak_v doubtful_o in_o this_o point_n but_o peremptory_o as_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v now_o so_o clear_v that_o there_o be_v no_o further_a place_n for_o contradiction_n to_o these_o i_o may_v add_v be_v casaubon_n erpenius_n sixtin_n amama_n mayer_n arnold_n bootius_fw-la a_o bitter_a enemy_n of_o capellus_n his_o critica_fw-la spanhemius_fw-la rivet_n festus_n hommius_n colterius_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o appear_v by_o their_o epistle_n to_o capellus_n among_o ourselves_o i_o can_v name_v those_o of_o chief_a account_n for_o eastern_a learning_n now_o live_v public_a professor_n and_o other_o who_o name_n i_o forbear_v lest_o the_o adversary_n in_o his_o next_o invective_n shall_v fall_v upon_o they_o as_o rude_o as_o he_o have_v do_v upon_o the_o author_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n yet_o some_o i_o shall_v not_o conceal_v who_o be_v out_o of_o his_o reach_n the_o reverend_a and_o learned_a usher_n and_o mr._n selden_n both_o who_o i_o have_v often_o hear_v declare_v themselves_o for_o this_o opinion_n d._n prideaux_n lect._n 12._o in_o vesper_n comit._n 1627._o who_o mention_n also_o three_o more_o sometime_o of_o that_o university_n sect._n 4._o qui_fw-fr in_fw-la istis_fw-la studiis_fw-la versatissimi_fw-la rob._n wakefieldus_n jacobus_n capellus_n &_o sixtin_n ab_fw-la amama_n qui_fw-la tres_fw-la ultimi_fw-la say_v he_o superiores_fw-la dvas_fw-la sententias_fw-la de_fw-la punctorum_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la summa_fw-la cum_fw-la erudition_n &_o acumine_fw-la conati_fw-la sunt_fw-la refellere_fw-la i_o may_v add_v other_o as_o m._n mead_n m_n eyres_n late_a prebend_n of_o ely_n etc._n etc._n this_o argument_n though_o inartificiall_a yet_o of_o great_a weight_n our_o author_n touch_v not_o because_o he_o will_v have_v it_o believe_v that_o the_o opinion_n be_v singular_a and_o maintain_v by_o a_o few_o and_o that_o the_o generality_n of_o learned_a man_n in_o these_o matter_n be_v not_o infect_v as_o he_o say_v with_o this_o leaven_n iii_o as_o 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have_v scarce_o get_v the_o use_n of_o point_n as_o yet_o though_o some_o of_o late_o have_v begin_v to_o make_v rule_n of_o punctation_n for_o that_o language_n in_o all_o these_o language_n they_o have_v the_o same_o letter_n which_o of_o old_a stand_v for_o vowel_n in_o the_o hebrew_n nor_o have_v they_o in_o the_o arabic_a that_o copious_a language_n since_o the_o invention_n of_o point_n any_o more_o than_o three_o which_o serve_v for_o all_o vowel_n phatha_n damma_fw-la and_o kesra_n by_o which_o with_o a_o few_o general_a rule_n and_o use_v they_o read_v distinct_o and_o pronounce_v all_o the_o five_o vowel_n by_o those_o three_o letter_n which_o answer_n to_o aleph_fw-la jod_n and_o vau_fw-fr before_o any_o point_n be_v use_v in_o any_o of_o the_o language_n they_o can_v distinct_o read_v and_o understand_v their_o translation_n of_o the_o bible_n and_o their_o other_o book_n and_o attain_v the_o sense_n without_o ambiguity_n and_o uncertainty_n and_o none_o ever_o doubt_v 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