Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	believe_v	mouth_n	speak_v	1,983	5	4.6782	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30612	Aristippus, or, Monsr. de Balsac's masterpiece being a discourse concerning the court : with an exact table of the principall matter / Englished by R.W.; Aristippe. English	Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654.; R. W.	1659 (1659)	Wing B612; ESTC R7761	82,994	192

least part of it would but have come to his Masters share w●ll then be united and gathered together in one only object his soul being void of little cares will be altogether fill'd with those of the publick c. ANd then neither will he be troubled to seek for venale tongues or mercenary pens He will be far better praised by the publick voyce then by those of particular persons These will neither be starved and beggarly Orators nor di●●y and ragged Poets to speak well of him but whole Provinces which have been eased of their burthens and taxes great and goodly Cities whose ancient priviledges have been preserved Blessings and Applause will follow him every where at the same time he will be called the Port of the Afflicted and a ruining Shelf to those who are Violent the Peoples comfort and the terror of Forainers by reason that he by his prudence will reduce them ●o reason nor by his vanity will be offensive to them Thus the Enemies of the State will admire the vertue of which they have cause to complain And what would they not then give for a man who had given them so much trouble with how many millions would they purchase one Minister what promises what artifice would they not employ if they possibly could I do not say altogether to debauch him but even to sweeten him were it never so little there is nothing but they would do to soften the firmness of his heart and to hinder his mouth from speaking the truth but he who believes he possesseth the Spring of Pearls and the Root of Gold that King who boasts to have the price of all things in his coffers is not rich enough so much as to pay for the very silence of such a Minister as I fancy Our Conference ended with a digression which was nothing displeasing to the company and by two examples which are the one far enough from the other but which both equally pleased you Neither must I forget the last point of the other days Advice A Wife and Children are powerful hinderances to stop a man in his course to glory whosoever hath them hath given hostages to Fortune and undertakes nothing but with co●●traint for fear of losing what he hath given The sad representation of a Widows mourning and his Children being under age continually presents it self before his eyes it enters into all its deliberations And when his Mind makes its escapes by a generous motion this second thought presently succeeds which reduceth him into the road again of vulgar spirits He marcheth into the Field onely when the signal is given him from Court he raiseth the siege before a place when it can hold out no longer in obedience to the secret orders he receives from his Wife In the most honorable occasions he regrets the smoke of Ithaca he sighs for the absence of Penelope He prefers the wrinckles of an old woman who expects him at home before that immortality which is promised him if he will but remain with the Army This same man being married is grown another in Wedlock formerly he believed it was piety to hazard himself for his Country and now he believes it's cruelty not to preserve himself for his Family He no longer thinks on vertue forasmuch as he cannot leave it in his Testament he cares for nothing but Wealth and Offices which may succeed from him to his for which he hath such irregular desires and such a blind ambition that he no longer knows God nor the King and sticks neither at Altars nor Thrones when his interest is concerned Had not Stili●on been married his end had been more happy then the first part of his life was sparkling The Emperor Yheodosius to whom he had rendred very profitable and most signal services judged him worthy of his Alliance and gave him to Wife his Ncece Serena who by adoption was his Daughter he afterwards received a second mark of greatness and had the honor to be Father in Law to the Emperor Theodosius but he thought it a smal matter that his Sister should be Emperatrice that his Son should still be his sisters Subject and remain but a private Person The mischief was he had this Son and that he loved this Son more then his duty Eucherius was the cause why Stelicon died guilty of high Treason and an Enemy to the State although he had formerly been the Princes Tutor and the States Protector although he had defended both the one and the other against the Treasons of Ruffinus and the Enterprises of the Barbarians PRrince Maurice of Orange was no ordinary man and his actions deserve respect he is particularly to be considered these are the reflections of an Italian A cademick although he professed himself of a Sect which not only permits Marriage but ordains and commands it yet would never marry whether he believed he should never get Children which resembled him or that he apprehended that if he had any the consideration of his fortune 〈◊〉 make him undertake something to the prejudice of the publick liberty or whether he would not divide that affection which he thought he was obliged to preserve entire for his Country THis was near upon my advice the other day and since you thought it not fit to be lost in the air with the rattle of words and that Monsieur our Governor will not be angry to see it in paper you will oblige me to carry it to him and to make him this small present from me Were I in a condition to go abroad I would ease you of the trouble and spare your O●ation but I know that the pains which you take for me are pleasant unto you and that speeches cost you nothing It 's not the first time my dear Sir that I have better exprest my self by your mouth then by mine own You have oftner then once been my Ambassador I use your own terms as well towards Monsieur the Marshal d' Effiat as to Monsieur the Count d' Auaux you have made your self heard by those good Lords and have after a strange manner made me been valued Let 's go yet further on in the History in confidence of me you have gone to Monsienr the Arch-Bishop of Thoulouse and Monsieur the Bishop of Lisieux You promised them my Letters to oblige me to write unto them and they came to you to meet them when they knew you had any for them Before Jansenius or the Jansenists were spoken of ●onsieur the Abbot of St. Cyran called you My A●ro●a he received you with open arms and you have been always well entertained by the illustrious persons of our age he therefore in my opinion will not treat you less favorably then those it 's necessary for him to dive●t himself and for that purpose you will come most opportunely after so many troublesom businesses and so many sad objects wherewith our Province hath been of late filled ●he may untire his mind and rejoyce his sight