Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_n	letter_n	receive_v	778	5	5.2253	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19558	Amanda: or, The reformed whore. Composed, and made by Thomas Cranley gent. now a prisoner in the Kings-bench, Anno Dom. 1635	Cranley, Thomas, fl. 1635.	1635 (1635)	STC 5988; ESTC S118905	47,524	98

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sun_n do_v shine_v 185._o pity_v thy_o year_n that_o be_v but_o young_a and_o tender_a pity_v thy_o father_n care_n thy_o mother_n love_n for_o thy_o sad_a kindred_n sorrow_n pity_v render_v let_v thy_o acquaintance_n some_o compassion_n move_v look_v not_o still_o down_o but_o raise_v thy_o thought_n above_o if_o no_o thing_n else_o prevail_v let_v fear_n of_o god_n work_v thy_o conversion_n and_o his_o threaten_a rod._n 186._o strive_v to_o regain_v the_o honour_n thou_o have_v lose_v and_o seek_v thy_o ruine_a credit_n to_o repair_v thy_o conscience_n be_v benumb_v with_o folly_n frost_n let_v thy_o warm_a tear_n of_o sorrow_n thaw_v the_o air_n that_o chill_v thy_o heart_n with_o nip_a cold_a despair_n and_o so_o dissolve_v thy_o crusty_a ice_n of_o sin_n that_o hot_a repentance_n may_v let_v mercy_n in_o 187._o redeem_v the_o time_n that_o thou_o have_v spend_v in_o vain_a and_o pursue_v honour_n as_o thou_o followd'_v vice_n although_o unwilling_a yet_o thyself_o constrain_v 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