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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

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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

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 Never before Publish'd 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 London Printed for Sam. Briscoe in Russel-street Covent-garden and sold by J. Nutt near Stationers-hall 1700. To the Honourable Sir Cha. Duncomb Kt. SHERIFF of London and Middlesex THo' I am wholly a Stranger to your Person I am not to your Character for who can live in London and not see living Instances of your Charity and Munificence You have been the Sanctuary of the Distressed and even those unhappy Wretches who found no Benefit in the Public Deliverance of the Kingdom have ow'd theirs to you At your own proper Expence and by a Generosity peculiar to your self you have done that which has been reckon'd Piety in the greatest Monarchs and Republics and what Princes have sent Royal Fleets into the Streights to perform You have rescued Numbers of Christian Captives out of the cruel Hands of Tyrants professing the same Religion and breathing the same Air with themselves You have redeem'd Slaves in a Country which abominates Servitude but by a strange Fascination suffers its Natives to enslave one another You have deliver'd them out of an unwholesome nasty Confinement where they dragg'd a Life wretched to themselves unserviceable to the Common-wealth lamentable to their Relations only to gratifie the Revenge or stupid Malice of their haughty Oppressors In the best constituted and most generous Government that ever appear'd in the World to save the Life of a Citizen was thought an Action that deserv'd nothing less than a Public Reward You have restored the Lives of a hundred Citizens by restoring them to their Health their Liberty and Tranquility of Mind for what is Life without those Blessings to make it supportable Charity by what Stupidity it so happens I cannot imagine has not that Incense paid it nor makes that Figure in the World that Heroism does To lay a whole Country in Ashes to destroy Millions of poor Wretches has for several Ages pass'd for a Royal Vertue Mankind has been so sottish as to deifie those that have perform'd these noble Exploits and advanced themselves by the Slavery or Destruction of their Fellow-creatures But tho' the present Age pays a servile Adoration to Heroes yet Posterity judges of them otherwise and accordingly we find that Caesar and Alexander who were treated as Gods when alive are now when all Occasions of Flattery to their Persons cease treated as Robbers and Usurpers It is otherwise with Charity Whatever Acknowledgements the Time it lives in pays it Posterity is sure to reward and honour it Age only serves to extend it the more like a well-grown Tree that enlarges its Branches every Spring 'T is true it does not delight in Noise and Ostentation it flies from that Applause which Heroism courts it values it self upon no mute Inscriptions and breathless Statues It erects to it self living Images and will be commemorated with Gratitude while there is such a Thing as Memory or Gratitude in the World The Heroe may extort Flattery even from the Slaves he crushes or purchase mercenary Praise but a charitable Man is sure to have the voluntary Prayers and Blessings of those whom he relieves and even Calumny it self dares not attack him Thus we see you have the general Acclamations and Applauses of the People for having done those Actions which the greatest Athenians or Spartans wou'd have been proud of in a City which in no respect is inferiour to Sparta or Athens Pardon therefore an unhappy Man who has laboured under Affictions which he might have prevented if he wou'd have gone upon dishonest Methods by which others have not only repaired but improved their Fortunes and whose little All if it had not fallen into dilatory I will not say malicious Hands might have afforded him a Retreat if not a comfortable Support Pardon him I say if having experienced hard Usage in the World he cou'd not forbear to pay his Public Acknowledgment to the Patriot that has redeem'd so many Sufferers if he endeavours to celebrate that Vertue which wou'd have kept him from sinking and extolls that Charity that may restore him when he is sunk For this Reason I have presumed to dedicate the following Volume of Letters to your self which were given me by some of my Friends who in commiseration of my hard Circumstances were willing to contribute something towards my Assistance It does not bccome me who pretend to be no Judge to say any thing of the Performance The Gentlemen who are concern'd in the Collection are too well known to want my Praises I hope that they may serve to entertain you at your vacant Hours when you can unbend your self from the Hurry of Public Business At least I beg you to accept them as a Testimony of my Respect which shall be ever paid you by Your most obedient and most humble Servant SAM BRISCOE THE CONTENTS Mons. Voiture's LETTERS Made English by several eminent Hands TO my Lord Cardinal de la Valette By Mr. Dryden Pag. 1 To Mademoiselle Paulet By Mr. Dennis 10 To Mons. de Caudebonne By the same Hand 13 To Mons. de Godeau 15 A Billet from Madam de Saintot to Mons. de Voiture 19 The Answer of Mons. de Voiture 20 To his unknown Mistress By Mr. Dennis ibid. To Mademoiselle Paulet By Mr. Dennis 22 To the Marchioness of Rambouillet in answer to a Letter of Thanks of hers 24 An Imitation of Mons. de Voiture's Letter to Mademoiselle de Rambouillet 27 To the Duke of Enguien upon the taking of Dunkirk 31 To the Duke of Enguien upon his gaining the Battel of Rocroy 34 To Mons. de Balzac 37 To the Marquess of Pisani who had lost all his Mony and Baggage at the Siege of Thionville 43 To Mademoiselle de Bourbon a Relation of the Author 's being toss'd in a Blanket By Tho. Cheek Esq 46 To Madam de Rambouillet By Jos. Raphson 50 To the Cardinal de la Valette By the same 57 To a young Lady Maid of Honour to her Royal Highness's Daughter By Henry Cromwel Esq 61 To the Marchioness de Rambouillet on Absence By the same 63 To Mons. Costart By Dr. 66 To Madam By the same 67 To the same Lady 69 To Diana By the same Hand 71 To the President of the Houshold By *** 72 To Mons. d' Emer Comptroler General of the King's Revenues By the same Hand 73