Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	good_a	great_a	see_v	4,003	5	3.1544	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90670	[Phthonographia]. Or, Accurata invidæ delineatio, ad archetypum ovidianum (quibusdam hinc illinc immutatis & additis) Met. 1. 2. In quâ, G. Keithus imaginem suam ad vivum (ex parte) depictam contempletur. = Phthonography: or, An accurate description of envy, : according to the original Latin (with some alteration and addition) in Ovid's Met. b. 2. Wherein G. Keith may see his own picture drawn (in part) to the life.	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.	1700 (1700)	Wing P2138; ESTC R181782	1,300	1

ΦΘΟΝΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 SIVE Accurata Invidiae Delineatio AD Archetypum Ovidianum quibusdam hinc illinc Immutatis Additis Met. l. 2. In Quâ G. Keithus Imaginem suam ad Vivum ex parte Depictam Contempletur INvidiae Ver'tas nigro Squalentia Tabo Tecta petit Domus est imis in Vallibus Antri Abdita Sole carens non ulli pervia Vento Tristis ignavi plenissima Frigoris quae Igne vacet Semper Caligine semper abundet Huc ubi pervenit Ver'tas metuenda Virago Constitit ante Domum neque enim Succedere Tectis Fas habet Postes extremâ Cuspide pulsat Concussae patuere Fores Videt intus edentem Vipereas Carnes Vitiorum Alimenta suorum Invidiam Visâque Oculos avertit At Illa Surgit Humo pigrâ semesarumque Relinquit Corpora Serpentum passuque incedit inerti Ver'tatem ut vidit Formâque Armisque decoram Ingemuit Vultumque ima ad Suspiria duxit Pallor in Ore sedet Macies in Corpore toto Nusquam recta Acies livent Rubigine Dentes Pectora Felle virent Lingua est suffusa Veneno Risus abest nisi quem visi movere Dolores Nec fruitur Somno Vigilacibus excita Curis Sed videt ingratos intabescitque videndo Successus Veri carpitque carpitur unà Suppliciumque suum Namque Illi frigida Mens est Criminibus tacitâ sudant Praecordia Culpâ Corripias frustrà frustraà inhibere labores Acrior Admonitu est irritaturque retenta Et crescit Rabies remoraminaque ipsa nocere Sic ego Torrentem quà nil obstabat eunti Leniùs Modico Strepitu decurrere vidi At quacunque Trabes obstructaque Saxa tenebant Spumeus et Fervens et ab Objice saevior ibat Pectore mille Dolos Mendacia mille volutat Praesentemque necem Fidis intentat Amicis Namque Dei est ' temptrix saevaeque avidissima Caedis Et violenta simul scires e Sanguine natam At Brevis iste Furor reliquis quae Fata pararet Succumbet proprio miserè laniata Flagello PHTHONOGRAPHY OR An Accurate Description of Envy According To the Original Latin with some Alteration and Addition in Ovid's Met. b. 2. Wherein G. Keith may see his own Picture drawn in part to the Life TRVTH unto th' Cave of Envy her Course bent Furr'd with black Filth Within 's a deep Descent Between two Hills where no Sun ever shows His chearful Face where no Wind ever blows With dismal Sadness fill'd and irksome Cold Still void of Fire yet still in Smoak inroll'd Whither when Truth so fear'd by th' Caitiff came She stood before the House that Loathsome Frame She might not enter and th' dark Door she stroke With her bright Lance which straight in sunder broke There she saw Envy lapping Vipers Blood And feeding on their Flesh her Vices Food And having seen her turn'd away her Eyes The Wretch then slowly from the Ground doth rise Her half-devoured Serpent's laid aside And forward crawleth with a Lazy Stride Viewing Truth 's Form so fair and Arms so bright She Groan'd and Sigh'd at such a Beauteous Sight She 's Meager-Bodied wretched Pale her Hue Her Teeth furr'd o're with Rust her Looks Askew Her Heart with Gall her Tongue with Venom flows She only laughs at th' Sight of others Woes Her ever-waking Cares exile soft Sleep She looks on Truth 's Success with Eyes that weep She Rends and Tears and Tearing others Bleeds Revenging on her self her own black Deeds For th' Guilt which from unseen Pollution springs Cold-Sweating Horror on her Bosom brings In vain 't is to Reprove her or Dis-swade By Opposition she 's more Furious made Her Rage increaseth when it is withstood And then good Counsel doth more harm than good So have I seen an unstopp'd Torrent glide With quiet Streams and scarcely heard to chide But when great Trees or Rocks have barr'd its Course ' Thath Foam'd and Roar'd with uncontrouled Force She many Lyes and Falshoods doth invent To Persecute the Truth and Innocent She God contemns and 's Violent withal Her Wolf-like Teeth shew her Original But Short's her Rage see her Revengsul Ire Exhausts apace 'T will sorce her to Expire LONDON Printed for the Author 1700.