Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	know_v	see_v	1,599	5	2.8537	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65985	The day of doom; or A description of the great and last judgment With a short discourse about eternity	Wigglesworth, Michael, 1631-1705.	1666 (1666)	Wing W2100; ESTC R222018	33,296	100

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that_o those_o torment_n be_v a_o hundred_o fold_n more_o terrible_a than_o ever_o you_o be_v tell_v nor_o speak_v i_o this_o good_a reader_n to_o torment_v thou_o before_o the_o time_n but_o rather_o to_o prevent_v thou_o from_o run_v headlong_o to_o thy_o own_o decay_n in_o such_o a_o perilous_a and_o deadly_a way_n we_o who_o have_v know_v and_o feel_v jehovah_n terror_n persuade_v man_n to_o repent_v they_o of_o their_o error_n and_o turn_v to_o god_n in_o time_n ere_o his_o decree_n bring_v forth_o and_o then_o there_o be_v no_o remedee_fw-mi if_o in_o the_o night_n when_o thou_o be_v fast_o asleep_a some_o friend_n of_o thou_o that_o better_a watch_n do_v keep_v shall_v see_v thy_o house_n all_o on_o a_o burn_a flame_n and_o thou_o almost_o enclose_v with_o the_o same_o if_o such_o a_o friend_n shall_v break_v thy_o door_n &_o wake_v thou_o or_o else_o by_o force_n out_o of_o the_o peril_n take_v thou_o what_o will_v thou_o take_v his_o kindness_n in_o ill_a part_n or_o frown_v 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