Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	christian_a	great_a	life_n	2,755	4	4.1264	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28927	Characters of the virtues & vices of the age, or, Moral reflections, maxims, and thoughts upon men and manners translated from the most refined French wits ... and extracted from the most celebrated English writers ... : digested alphabetically under proper titles / by A. Boyer, Gent.	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1695 (1695)	Wing B3912; ESTC R19552	97,677	222

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woman_n can_v more_o easy_o conquer_v their_o passion_n than_o their_o cocquet_n humour_n xx._n it_o be_v one_o kind_a of_o cocquet_n humour_n to_o put_v people_n always_o upon_o observe_v that_o we_o be_v not_o cocquetish_a xxi_o youth_n without_o beauty_n in_o a_o woman_n signify_v as_o little_a as_o beauty_n without_o youth_n xxii_o woman_n often_o think_v to_o be_v in_o love_n when_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n the_o diversion_n of_o a_o intrigue_n the_o commotion_n that_o a_o amour_n raise_v in_o their_o breast_n the_o natural_a inclination_n to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o be_v court_v and_o the_o trouble_v of_o deny_v make_v they_o fancy_v that_o what_o they_o feel_v be_v passion_n when_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o cocquet_n humour_n xxiii_o a_o woman_n resentment_n against_o a_o man_n that_o brag_v of_o her_o favour_n be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o argument_n of_o her_o virtue_n as_o her_o inclination_n to_o be_v kind_a to_o one_o that_o can_v keep_v counsel_n 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