Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	caesar_n	great_a	pompey_n	2,212	5	10.9836	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04430	Much a-do, about nothing: or, A song made of nothing, the newest in print; he that seriously mindes it, will find all-things in't.	Moyle, Walter, 1672-1721.	1664 (1664)	Wing M3032; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[143]	1,298	1

Much a-do about Nothing OR A Song made of Nothing the newest in Print He that seriously mindes it will find All-things in 't I Le sing you a Sonnet that nere was in Print 'T is truly and newly come out of the Mint But I 'le tell you before hand you 'l find Nothing in 't On Nothing I think on Nothing I Write For Nothing I Covet yet Nothing I Slight And I care not a Pin if I get Nothing by 't Fire Aire Earth and Water Beasts Birds Fish and Men Did start out of Nothing a Chaos a Den And all things shall turn into Nothing agen It 's Nothing sometimes that makes many things hit As when a Fool amongst Wise men doth silently sit A Fool that sayes Nothing may pass for a Wit What one Man doth love is another Man 's loathing This Blade loves a quick thing that loves a slow thing And both in the very Conclusion love Nothing Your Slashing and Clashing and Flashing of Wit Doth start out of Nothing but Fancy and Fit It 's little or Nothing to what hath been Writ When first we together by the Ears did fall Then Something got Nothing and Nothing got All From Nothing it came unto Nothing it shall That Party which Sealed to a Covenant in hast Who made King and Kingdom and Churches lye wast Their Projects and all came to Nothing at last They raised an Army of Horse and of Foot To tumble down Monarchy Branch and Root They Thunder'd Plunder'd but Nothing would do 't The Organ and Altar and Ministers Clothing In Presbyter-Jack did beget such a lothing That he must needs set up a Petty-new Nothing And when he had Rob'd us in Sanctified Clothing And Perjur'd the People by Faithing and Trothing But at last was Catch'd and all came to Nothing Where War and Rebellion and Plundring grows The Mendicant-man is freest from Foes For he is most Happy hath Nothing to lose Brave Caesar and Pompey and Great Alexander Whom Armies did follow as Goose follows Gander Have Nothing to say to an Action of Slander The wisest great Prince were he never so stout Could he Conquer the World and give Mankind a Rout Did bring Nothing in nor shall bear Nothing out Old Noll that did rise up to high thing from low-thing By Brewing Rebellion and Nicking and Frothing In Seven years distance was All things and Nothing Dick Olivers Heir that pittiful slow-thing Who once was Invested with Purple Clothing Now stands for a Cipher and a Cipher is Nothing If King-killers are excluded from bliss Old Bradshaw that feels the Reward on 't by this Had better been Nothing then what now he is Your Gallant that lives by fine Meat Drink Clothing Who was th' other day but a pittiful low-thing Payes Butcher and Baker and Draper with Nothing The nimble tongu'd Lawyer that Pleads for his Pay When Death doth Arrest him and carry him away At the General Bar will have Nothing to say If any here tax me with weakness of Wit And say that of Nothing I Nothing have Writ I shall Answer Ex Nihilo nihil fit Yet let his Discretion be never so tall This very word Nothing shall give it a fall For in Writing of Nothing I comprehend all Let every man give the Poet his due ' Cause then 't was with him as now it 's with you He studied it when he had Nothing to do This very word Nothing if took the right way May prove advantagious for what would you say If the Vintner should tell you there 's Nothing to Pay London Printed for Tho. Vere at the sign of the Angell without Newgate 1664.