Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	wonder_n	world_n	worthy_a	31	3	5.4765	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64062	B. Taylor's Opuscula the measures of friendship : with additional tracts : to which is now added his moral demonstration proving that the religion of Jesus Christ is from God : never before printed in this volume.; Selections. 1678	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1678 (1678)	Wing T355; ESTC R11770	78,709	214

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yet_o a_o little_a do_v illustrate_v and_o beautify_v the_o north_n yet_o some_o live_v under_o the_o line_n and_o the_o beam_n of_o friendship_n in_o that_o position_n be_v imminent_a and_o perpendicular_a i_o know_v but_o one_o thing_n more_o in_o which_o the_o communication_n of_o friendship_n can_v be_v restrain_v and_o that_o be_v in_o friend_n and_o enemy_n amicus_fw-la amici_fw-la amicus_fw-la meus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la my_o friend_n friend_n be_v not_o always_o my_o friend_n nor_o his_o enemy_n i_o for_o if_o my_o friend_n quarrel_n with_o a_o three_o person_n with_o who_o he_o have_v have_v no_o friendship_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o interest_n if_o that_o three_o person_n be_v my_o friend_n the_o nobleness_n of_o our_o friendship_n despise_v such_o a_o quarrel_n and_o what_o may_v be_v reasonable_a in_o he_o will_v be_v ignoble_a in_o i_o sometime_o it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o and_o friend_n may_v marry_v one_o another_o love_n and_o hatred_n but_o it_o be_v by_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o i_o though_o distant_a let_v thy_o friendship_n fly_v though_o man_n be_v mortal_a friendship_n must_v not_o die_v of_o all_o thing_n else_o there_o be_v great_a satiety_n of_o such_o immortal_a abstract_a pure_a friendship_n indeed_o there_o be_v no_o great_a plenty_n and_o to_o see_v brother_n hate_v each_o other_o be_v not_o so_o rare_a as_o to_o see_v they_o love_v at_o this_o rate_n the_o dead_a and_o the_o absent_a have_v but_o few_o friend_n say_v the_o spaniard_n but_o they_o who_o be_v the_o same_o to_o their_o friend_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o be_v in_o another_o country_n or_o in_o another_o world_n these_o be_v they_o who_o be_v fit_a to_o preserve_v the_o sacred_a fire_n for_o eternal_a sacrifice_n and_o to_o perpetuate_v the_o memory_n of_o those_o exemplar_n friendship_n of_o the_o best_a man_n which_o have_v fill_v the_o world_n with_o history_n and_o wonder_n for_o in_o no_o other_o sense_n but_o this_o can_v it_o be_v true_a that_o 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