Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	ask_v	see_v	tell_v	899	5	4.5492	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47404	Ben. Johnson's poems, elegies, paradoxes, and sonnets; Selections. 1700	King, Henry, 1592-1669.	1700 (1700)	Wing K497; ESTC R17230	44,767	174

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thy_o youth_n and_o beauty_n marry_v to_o my_o grave_n it_o will_v show_v thou_o do_v repent_v the_o style_n of_o wife_n shall_v thou_o relapse_n into_o a_o single_a life_n they_o with_o preposterous_a grief_n the_o world_n delude_v who_o mourn_n for_o their_o lose_a mate_n in_o solitude_n since_o widowhood_n more_o strong_o do_v enforce_v the_o much_o lament_a lot_n of_o their_o divorce_n themselves_o then_o of_o their_o loss_n guilty_a be_v who_o may_v yet_o will_v not_o suffer_v a_o repair_n those_o be_v barbarian_a wife_n that_o do_v invent_v weep_v to_o death_n at_o th'husbands_n monument_n but_o in_o more_o civil_a rite_n she_o do_v approve_v her_o first_o who_o venture_v on_o a_o second_o love_n for_o else_o it_o may_v be_v think_v if_o she_o refrain_v she_o speed_v so_o ill_o she_o dare_v not_o try_v again_o up_o they_o my_o love_n and_o choose_v some_o worthler_n one_o who_o may_v supply_v my_o room_n when_o i_o be_o go_v so_o will_v the_o stock_n of_o our_o affection_n 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