Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	godliness_n	love_n	temperance_n	1,495	5	11.3666	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59234	The mysterie of rhetorique unveil'd wherein above 130 the tropes and figures are severally derived from the Greek into English : together with lively definitions and variety of Latin, English, scriptural, examples, pertinent to each of them apart. Conducing very much to the right understanding of the sense of the letter of the scripture, (the want whereof occasions many dangerous errors this day). Eminently delightful and profitable for young scholars, and others of all sorts, enabling them to discern and imitate the elegancy in any author they read, &c. / by John Smith.	Smith, John, Gent.; Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.	1665 (1665)	Wing S2581; ESTC R6865	114,990	277

Ejusdem sit Epizexuis repe●itio vocis Ah Corydon Corydon me me bella horrida bella Talis amor Daphnim qualis cum fessa juvencam Per nemora atq altos quaerendo bucula lucos c. Talis amor teneat nec sit mihi cura mederi This figure is twofold viz. 1. In part of a word which is 1. in the beginning of a Sentence 2. in the end of a Sentence 1. In part of a word in the beginning of a Sentence as O utinam possem populos reparare paternis Artibus atque animos formatae iufundere terrae 2. In a part of a word in the end of a sentence as Titus Annius ad illam pestem comprimendam extinguendam fund itus delendam natus esse videtur 2. In a whole word as Ipsa sonant arbusta Deus Deus ille Menalca Si nisi quae facio poterit te digna videri Nulla futura tua est nulla futura tua est Excitate excitate cum fi potestis ab inferis English Examples of Epizeuxis Thus Cicero to Anthony Thou thou Anthony gavest cause of civil war to Caesar willing to turn all upside down Thus Virgil Ah Corydon Corydon what madnesse hath thee moved O let not let not from you be poured upon me destruction It is not believe me it is not wisdome to hazard our salvation upon so weak a ground as mans opinion Terrors terrors upon terrors laid hold on me Scriptural Examples Isa. 51.9 Awake awake put on strength Oh arm of the Lord c. Matth. 23.37 Oh Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets c. here the wo●d is geminated to expresse the ardency of the speakers affections Isa. 52.1 Awake awake put on thy strength O Zion c. See Isa. 51.17 12 38 19 40 1. Judg. 5.12 Ezek. 21.9.27 A sword a sword is sharpened c. I will overturn overtu●n overturn it c. i.e. I will certainly overturn it Thus David bewaileth the death of his son Absalom in 2 Sam. 18.33 O my son Absalom my son my son Absalom would God I had dyed thee O Absalom my son my son This you may find sometimes by way of Amplification as Psal. 145.18 The Lord is nigh to all that call upon him even to all that call upon him in truth so Psal. 68.12 and Joel 3.14 And sometimes also by way of Transition as Hos. 2.21 I will hear saith the Lord I will hear the heavens and they shall hear the earth and the earth shall hear the corn c. ANadiplosis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Reduplicatio Reduplication or redoubling derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 re again et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 diploo duplico to double A figure whereby the last word or sound of the first clause is repeated in the beginning of the next Est Anadiplosis quoties ex fine prioris Membri Principium fit dictio prima sequentis Pierides vos haec facietis maxima Gallo Gallo cujus amor tantum mihi crescit in horas Spectatum veniunt veniunt spectentur ut ipsi English Examples With death death must be recompensed On mischief mischief must be heapt Let us at any rate buy the truth Truth will make us no losers Prize wisdom wisdom is a jewel too precious to be slighted Scriptural Examples of Anadiplosis Isa. 30.9 This is a rebellious people lying children children that will not hear the law of the Lord. Deut. 8.7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land a land of brooks of water c. Rom. 14.8 If we live we live unto the Lord if we die we die unto the Lord c. P●al 48.8 As we have heard so have we seen in the City of our God God will establish it c. See Psal. 122.2 3. Our feet shall I stand within thy gates oh Jerusalem Jerusalem is builded as a City see the 5. verse of the same Psalm Psal. 145.18 Jer. 2.13.12.11 Luk. 7.31 32. Psal. 9.8 c. CLimax 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gradatio Gradation or a climbing by steps derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 clino reclino acclino to bend towards or incline to for that its ascending is rising upwards and its descending declining or turning away Gradation is a kind of Anadiplosis by degrees making the last word a step to a further meaning It is a figure when a gradual progresse is used in the site or placing of the same word or When the succeeding clauses of a sentece transcend each other by divers degrees or steps of the same sound Continua serie est repetita Gradatio Climax Quod libet id licet his et quod licet id satis andent Quodque audent faciunt faciunt quodcunque molestum est Mars videt hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupita Nec vero se populo solum sed Senatui commisit nec Senatui modo sed etiam publicis praesidiis et armis nec his tantum sed ejus potestati cui Senatus totam Rempub. commisit Pulchrum est bene dicere pulchrius bene sentire pulch●rrimum bene facere English Examples of Gradation His Arm no oftner gave blows then the blows gave wounds then the wounds gave death Your words are full of cunning your cunning of promises your promises of wind A young man of great beauty beautified with great honour honoured with great valour You could not enjoy your goods without Government no Government without a Magistrate no Magistrate without obedience and no obedience where every one upon his private passion interprets the rulers actions Out of idleness comes lust out of lust impudence out of impudence a contempt of whatsoever is good Scriptural Examples Matth. 10.40 He that receiveth you receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me Rom. 5 3 4 5. Knowing that tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope c. 2 Pet. 1.5 7. Add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge and to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience and to patience godlinesse and to godlinesse brotherly-kindnesse and to brotherly-kindnesse love 1 Cor. 11.3 The head of every man is Christ and the head of the woman is the man and the head of Christ is God c. Rom. 8.30 Whom he predestinated them also he called and whom he called them also he justified and whom he justified them also he glorified See Rom. 10 14 15. 1 Cor. 3.23 22. All are yours you are Christs and Christ is Gods ANaphora 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Relatio Relation or a bringing of the same again derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 anaphero refero to bring again or rehearse It is the repetition of a word of importance and effectual signification or It is a figure when several clauses of a sentence are begun with the same word or sound Diversis membris frontem dat Anaphora eandem Ter conatus ibi collo dare brachia circum Ter frustra c●mprehensa manus effugit imago Tu pugnare potes