Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	believe_v	good_a	see_v	888	5	2.8642	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33149	Cato major, or, The book of old age first written by M.T. Cicero ; and now excellently Englished by William Austin of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ; with annotations upon the names of the men and places.; Cato maior de senectute. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Austin, William, 1587-1634.	1648 (1648)	Wing C4288; ESTC R6250	35,701	154

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man_n can_v be_v of_o 〈◊〉_d quiet_a mind_n it_o be_v certain_a we_o must_v die_v but_o when_o uncertain_a whether_o to_o day_n or_o no_o we_o know_v not_o therefore_o who_o can_v be_v quiet_a in_o mind_n while_o he_o fear_v death_n continual_o hang_v over_o his_o head_n concerning_o which_o there_o need_v no_o long_a disputation_n when_o i_o remember_v not_o only_o 3_o l._n brutus_n who_o be_v slay_v in_o deliver_v his_o country_n not_o only_a *_o war_n m._n marcellus_n who_o after_o his_o death_n his_o cruel_a enemy_n can_v not_o suffer_v to_o want_v honourable_a burial_n and_o many_o other_o but_o also_o our_o legion_n of_o soldier_n who_o as_o i_o have_v write_v in_o my_o book_n of_o original_n have_v often_o go_v into_o those_o place_n with_o a_o cheerful_a and_o constant_a mind_n from_o whence_o they_o never_o look_v to_o return_v shall_v therefore_o wise_a and_o learned_a old_a man_n fear_v that_o which_o young_a man_n rude_a and_o unlettered_a have_v contemn_v true_o methinks_v 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