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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	little_a	sea_n	see_v	1,312	5	3.4874	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65151	Familiar and courtly letters written by Monsieur Voiture to persons of the greatest honour, wit, and quality of both sexes in the court of France ; made English by Mr. Dryden, Tho. Cheek, Esq., Mr. Dennis, Henry Cromwel, Esq., Jos. Raphson, Esq., Dr. -, &c. ; with twelve select epistles out of Aristanetus, translated from the Greek ; some select letters of Pliny, Jun and Monsieur Fontanelle, translated by Mr. Tho. Brown ; and a collection of original letters lately written on several subjects, by Mr. T. Brown ; to which is added a collection of letters of friendship, and other occasional letters, written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly, Mr. -, Mr. Congreve, Mr. Dennis, and other hands.	Voiture, Monsieur de (Vincent), 1597-1648.; Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729.; Wycherley, William, 1640-1716.	1700 (1700)	Wing V682; ESTC R34733	165,593	438

his Reckoning Why shou'd a Man that doth not want a Wife to humble his Constitution pretend to Monopolize a young Virgin to himself especially when he wants either Will or Ability to do her Justice Did he chuse to make me his Spouse only to deafen me with impertinent Stories of Executions Answers Ejectments and impertinent Decrees Cou'd he think I cou'd ever prove such a supple Slave as to sit up all Night to pore over a dull Statute-book Since I find he puts my Bed-chamber to no other use then to profane it with nasty Petty-fogging I am resolv'd for the future to have a separate Bed by my self If this won't reform him but he still continues an incorrigible Sot drudging in other Peoples Business and neglecting mine I am resolv'd to shew him a Rowland for his Oliver and to speak to some more able Council to manage my Law-case This I hope is enough to make you comprehend my Meaning you are a sensible Woman experienc'd in these Affairs and therefore a Hint is sufficient Consider then my dear Friend and tell me how I must play this Game You are a Woman and understand the Necessities of our Sex and tho' I have not nam'd my Disease to you in down-right Terms for my Modesty wou'd not give me leave to do that yet since you know the Nature of it I hope you 'll be my Doctress and prescribe me a Remedy 'T is but reasonable I think that you who are my near Relation and besides have a good Tallent at Composing of Differences shou'd stand my Friend at this Juncture Besides as you had a great hand in making this wicked Match you are obliged in Honour to make it supportable to me But above all it will be requisite to be very secret for shou'd my litigious Blade come to hear that I apply my self to other Council he may reject me for good and all and so what I get in the Hundred I may lose in the County Cyrtion to Dictys Out of the same Epist. 7. Lib. 1. DIstracted between Joy and Greif I write the following Lines to you Yesterday I was at my old Recreation of Fishing by the Sea-side and as I was drawing a thundring Fish out of the Water so very large that it made my Rod crack again behold there comes up to me a pretty Damosel with a lovely mixture of Roses and Lillies in her Cheeks tall and strait as a Cedar that likes the Ground it grows in Thought I to myself I 'm a lucky Dog to Day Fortune favours me in both Elements and now I am like to get a better Prize at Land than I drew just now out of the Water Honest Friend cries she I conjure you by Neptune to look after my Cloaths a little while I wash my self in the Sea This Request you may imagine was not unwelcome to me because it wou'd give me an Opportunity to see something She had no sooner thrown off her Rigging but good Heavens there was a sight enough to have spoiled the most virtuous Resolutions of the severest Philosopher From between her Hair which was of a lovely Black and flow'd down in great Quantity I discover'd a pair of Rosie Cheeks and an Ivory Neck that wholly possest me with Admiration and Surprise both these Colours were in the highest perfection but they deriv'd no little agreement from the neighbourhood of the Black To return to our Nymph she had no sooner undress'd but she plung'd foremost into the Waves The Sea was as smooth as a Bowling-green and when she appeared above the Water had I not seen her before I durst have sworn she was one of the Nereids of whom the Poets tell us so many Stories When she had washed as long as she thought fit out she came and from such a sight as this our Painters I suppose were instructed how to draw Venus rising out of the Sea I immediately ran to my lovely Damosel to deliver her her Cloaths and when she was so near me cou'd not forbear to touch her Bubbies and so forth But to see what ill Fate attends me The young Gipsie blush'd and frown'd at me But even her very Anger became her it gave a fresh Lustre to her Beauty and her Eyes darted Lightning at me Then in her Indignation she broke my Rod flung my Fish into the Sea and ran away from me as fast as her Legs would carry her Imagine in what a Confusion she left me I lamented the loss of what I had taken with so much Pains but the loss of her whom I had as it were in my Hands afflicted me infinitely more This Disappointment in short so mortifies me that I dare no longer trust my self with the cruel Idea of it Philochorus to Polyaenus Out of the same Epist. 4. Lib. 1. LAst Week Hippias and I were taking a turn in the Park when on a sudden he thus alarm'd me Friend says he prithee mind that Lady yonder that leans upon her Maid's Arm. How tall how strait how well-featur'd she is By Heavens 't is a Miracle of a Woman Let us e'en cross the Walk and accost her Why replyed I to him you 're mad I think Unless I am mistaken in her Outside she 's a Woman of Vertue and consequently no Game for such as you and I But if you resolve to proceed let us view her a little more distinctly before we board her for I love to look about me before I leap My Companion fell a Laughing as if he had been distracted and striking me gently on the Shoulder Thou' rt a Novice said he I find in these Affairs Take it from me all the Women in the World are made of sinful Materials One may have more Hypocrisie than another but if you put it home to her I 'll engage you 'll find her made of true Flesh and Blood But alas you are a perfect Stranger to the Townintrigues otherwise cou'd you imagine that any Woman of Honour wou'd be walking here at this time of the Day and dart her Glances so artfully on all she meets Prithee observe how she plays with her Necklace how slily she steals her pretty Hand out of her Glove and as if she went to reform some Disorder in her Dress how dexterously she discovers her Breasts From these and a thousand other Indications I conclude that this Lady won't let a Man sigh at her Feet in vain but what is more convincing I now tipt the Wink at her and she as kindly return'd it therefore let us go and board the Vessel for I dare ingage she 'll make no Resistance He had no sooner spoke these Words but he makes directly to the Prize above mentioned and finding a fit Opportunity he thus made his Addresses to her I swear by your Beauty the most sacred Oath to me that can be you have made your self in a Moment the absolute Soveraign of my Heart and if you please to order that Eves-dropping Maid of yours to retire to some distance I