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Purchas | Purchase | Purchased | Purchasing | Purchases | Purchaser | Purchasers | Purchasable

Using Purchas

  • In the example corpus, purchas often appears in combinations such as: of purchas.

Context around Purchas

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Purchas

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

appears in purchas his pilgrimes 1× can in purchas s work 1× copy of purchas with him 1× differs from purchas s spelling 1× directly from purchas who took 1× drew on purchas s work 1× mentioned by purchas which coleridge 1× words of purchas were merely 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as noted above 1× fruman 1971 p 1× his description of 1× in terms of 1× jasper 1985 p 1× perkins 2010 p 1×

Common sentence endings:

and sensual pleasure 1× had visited xanadu 1× milton cathaian can 1× purchas s work 1× purchas with him 1× stately pleasure dome 1×

Words around Purchas

Just before it in the word index:

purcell 126 purce 3 purc 6 purbrook 7 purbeck 13 purbach 2

Just after it in the word index:

purchasable 13 purchase 7.324 purchased 6.232 purchaser 108 purchasers 107 purchases 1.610

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Purchas

  • In this selection, "purchas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include appears in purchas his pilgrimes and can in purchas s work. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "purchas" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with purchas

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This was the "sumptuous house of pleasure" mentioned by Purchas, which Coleridge transformed into a "stately pleasure dome". (18 words)

Perkins 2010 p. 39 There are some problems with Coleridge's account, especially the claim to have a copy of Purchas with him. (23 words)

His description of Mount Amara was published in 1540, and appears in Purchas, his Pilgrimes, the book Coleridge was reading before he wrote "Kubla Khan". (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Fruman 1971 p. 337 It is possible that the words of Purchas were merely remembered by Coleridge and that the depiction of immediately reading the work before falling asleep was to suggest that the subject came to him accidentally. (39 words)

As noted above, the description of the size and landscape of Xanadu and of the Pleasure Dome was taken directly from Purchas, who took it from the description of Marco Polo, who had visited Xanadu. (35 words)

These were both times he was in the area, and, by 1799, Coleridge was able to read Robert Southey 's Thalaba the Destroyer, a work which also drew on Purchas's work. (32 words)

Example sentences (8)

As noted above, the description of the size and landscape of Xanadu and of the Pleasure Dome was taken directly from Purchas, who took it from the description of Marco Polo, who had visited Xanadu.

Fruman 1971 p. 337 It is possible that the words of Purchas were merely remembered by Coleridge and that the depiction of immediately reading the work before falling asleep was to suggest that the subject came to him accidentally.

His description of Mount Amara was published in 1540, and appears in Purchas, his Pilgrimes, the book Coleridge was reading before he wrote "Kubla Khan".

In terms of spelling, Coleridge's printed version differs from Purchas's spelling, which refers to the Tartar ruler as "Cublai Can", and from the spelling used by Milton, "Cathaian Can".

Jasper 1985 p. 45 The account of Cublai Can in Purchas's work, discussed in Coleridge's Preface, connects the idea of paradise with luxury and sensual pleasure.

Perkins 2010 p. 39 There are some problems with Coleridge's account, especially the claim to have a copy of Purchas with him.

These were both times he was in the area, and, by 1799, Coleridge was able to read Robert Southey 's Thalaba the Destroyer, a work which also drew on Purchas's work.

This was the "sumptuous house of pleasure" mentioned by Purchas, which Coleridge transformed into a "stately pleasure dome".

Common combinations with purchas

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of purchas 2×

Frequently asked questions

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