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327
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
affairs
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
all
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
any
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
appear
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
apt
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
armories
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
arsenals
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
artillery
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
breed
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
bulk
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
cards
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
chariots
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
cities
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
civil
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
command
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
compared
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
computation
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
concerning
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
dimension
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
dispositionnounUS /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
the way something is arranged or positioned
From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
elephants
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
enlarge
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
error
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
estate
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
fall
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
finances
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
forces
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
foundations
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
get
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
goodly
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
grain
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
grains
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
greatness
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
hastily
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
heaven
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
horse
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
judgment
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
kernel
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
kingdom
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
like
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
lion's
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
maps
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
measure
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
monarchies
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
more
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
mustard-seed
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
musters
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
number
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
nut
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
ordnance
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
people
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
population
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
power
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
property
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
races
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
revenue
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
sheep
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
skin
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
small
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
some
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
spirit
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
spread
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
states
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
stem
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From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
stored
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
stout
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
subject
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
territory
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From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So are there states great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command; and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet apt to be the foundations of great monarchies.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
there
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
towns
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
true
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.
up
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From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
valuation
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From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
Walled
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
war
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
warlike
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From this reading Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like; all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard-seed;[327] which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything amongst civil affairs more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment concerning the power and forces of an estate.
