Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	great_a	king_n	monarch_n	2,456	5	9.6433	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51986	Fair warnings to a careless world in the pious letter written by the Right Honourable James Earl of Marleburgh, a little before his death, to the Right Honourable Sir Hugh Pollard, comptroller of his Maties houshold. With the last words of CXL and upwards, of the most learned and honourable persons of England, and other parts of the world.	Pollard, Hugh, Sir, 1610-1666.; Lloyd, David, 16315-1692.; Smith, Henry, f. 1665.; Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, 1618-1665.	1665 (1665)	Wing M686; ESTC R1009	20,131	51

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grave_a jest_n and_o laugh_v don_z lewis_z de_fw-fr haro_n after_o he_o have_v live_v a_o great_a while_n the_o grand_a favourite_n and_o statesman_n of_o spain_n but_o with_o too_o little_a regard_n of_o religion_n grow_v melancholy_a be_v take_v up_o by_o a_o wit_n of_o spain_n for_o be_v priestridden_a and_o trouble_v his_o head_n with_o those_o notion_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o state_n of_o the_o other_o world_n he_o answer_v he_o with_o tertullian_n be_v word_n quaedam_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la nota_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la mortalitas_fw-la animae_fw-la pene_fw-la plures_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la noster_fw-la penes_fw-la omnes_fw-la utar_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o sententia_fw-la platonis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la pronunciantis_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la est_fw-la immortalis_fw-la utar_fw-la &_o conscientia_fw-la populi_fw-la contestantis_fw-la deum_fw-la deorum_fw-la utar_fw-la &_o reliquis_fw-la communibus_fw-la sensibus_fw-la qui_fw-la deum_fw-la 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sin_n yea_o that_o what_o liberty_n soever_o he_o have_v take_v he_o have_v rather_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n by_o will_n horse_n than_o witting_o and_o willing_o commit_v any_o sin_n caleacius_n caracciolus_n marquis_n of_o vico_fw-la a_o noble_a person_n of_o a_o great_a estate_n and_o as_o great_a relation_n live_v a_o great_a while_n in_o popery_n and_o at_o last_o leave_v his_o country_n his_o estate_n and_o friend_n to_o profess_v the_o gospel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n with_o moses_n judge_v it_o better_a to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n for_o he_o have_v respect_n unto_o the_o recompense_n of_o the_o reward_n and_o endure_v as_o see_v he_o who_o be_v invisible_a socrates_n be_v near_o his_o death_n say_v thus_o magna_fw-la i_o spestenet_fw-la judices_fw-la bene_fw-la mihi_fw-la evenire_fw-la quòd_fw-la mittar_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la alterum_fw-la de_fw-la duobus_fw-la ut_fw-la aut_fw-la sensus_fw-la omnino_fw-la mors_fw-la omnes_fw-la auferat_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la quendam_fw-la locum_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la locis_fw-la morte_fw-la migretur_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la sive_fw-la sensus_fw-la extinguitur_fw-la morsque_fw-la ei_fw-la somno_fw-la similis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la visis_fw-la somnorum_fw-la pacatissimum_fw-la quietem_fw-la affert_fw-la dii_fw-la boni_fw-la quid_fw-la lucri_fw-la est_fw-la emori_fw-la etc._n etc._n sin_n vero_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la migrationem_fw-la esse_fw-la mortem_fw-la in_o eas_fw-la oras_fw-la quas_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la è_fw-la vita_fw-la excesserunt_fw-la incolunt_fw-la id_fw-la multo_fw-la jam_fw-la beatius_fw-la est_fw-la te_fw-la cum_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la judicum_fw-la numero_fw-la haberi_fw-la volunt_fw-la evaseris_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la venire_fw-la qui_fw-la veer_fw-la judices_fw-la appellantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n convenerique_a eos_fw-la qui_fw-la justè_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la fide_fw-la vixerint_fw-la haec_fw-la peregrinatio_fw-la mediocris_fw-la vobis_fw-la videre_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la vero_fw-la colloqui_fw-la cum_fw-la orphaeo_n musaeo_n homero_n hesiodo_n liceat_fw-la quanti_fw-la tandem_fw-la aestimatis_fw-la equidem_fw-la saepe_fw-la mori_fw-la si_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la vellem_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la dico_fw-la mihi_fw-la liceret_fw-la invenire_fw-la quanta_fw-la delectatione_n autem_fw-la afficeret_fw-la etc._n etc._n ne_fw-fr vos_fw-fr quidem_fw-la judices_fw-la two_o qui_fw-la me_fw-it absolvistis_fw-la mortem_fw-la timueritis_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la cviquam_fw-la bono_fw-mi mali_fw-la quidquam_fw-la evenire_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la vivo_fw-la nec_fw-la mortuo_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la ejus_fw-la res_fw-la à_fw-la diis_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la negligenter_n etc._n etc._n robert_z earl_n of_o somerset_z 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