Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	woman_n	write_v	young_a	41	3	5.6784	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54711	Female poems on several occasions written by Ephelia.	Ephelia, fl. 1679.	1679 (1679)	Wing P2030; ESTC R21721	29,785	119

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discourse_n do_v sit_v before_o their_o face_n you_o will_v commend_v their_o wit_n pray_v flatter_v now_o the_o poet_n hear_v it_o she_o hope_v too_o the_o great_a wit_n who_o crowd_n the_o age_n censure_v the_o poet_n and_o undo_v the_o stage_n will_v undervalue_v so_o their_o mighty_a wit_n to_o criticise_v on_o what_o a_o woman_n write_v yet_o if_o you_o will_v have_v it_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v nought_o they_o that_o dislike_v be_v welcome_a to_o find_v fault_n for_o she_o protest_v she_o have_v no_o other_o end_n in_o write_v this_o than_o to_o divert_v her_o friend_n like_a or_o dislike_n she_o be_v careless_a bid_v i_o say_v that_o you_o shall_v censure_v only_o when_o you_o pay_v true_a they_o must_v saw_v that_o write_v for_o a_o three_o day_n she_o scorn_v such_o baseness_n therefore_o will_v not_o sue_v but_o yet_o bright_a lady_n do_v submit_v to_o you_o your_o smile_n may_v cherish_v what_o their_o frown_n will_v blast_v then_o when_o they_o hiss_v be_v please_v to_o 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man_n say_v the_o world_n do_v move_v by_o love_n command_n for_o simple_a love_n alas_o be_v subject_a unto_o fate_n oh_o love_n assert_v thy_o power_n and_o make_v the_o dotard_n in_o a_o hour_n our_o face_n hate_v and_o the_o young_a knight_n like_o swan_n or_o turtle_n prove_v the_o second_o song_n come_v quick_o death_n and_o with_o thy_o fatal_a dart_n release_v that_o heart_n that_o have_v too_o long_o be_v thy_o great_a rival_n slave_n oh_o stop_v that_o breath_n i_o languish_v out_o in_o pain_n let_v i_o not_o sigh_v in_o vain_a but_o quick_a and_o gentle_o send_v i_o to_o my_o grave_n for_o since_o that_o swain_n that_o i_o so_o dear_o prize_n do_v scorn_v my_o sigh_n and_o break_v those_o sacred_a vow_n to_o i_o he_o give_v i_o will_v not_o complain_v of_o man_n inconstancy_n but_o humble_o beg_v of_o thou_o with_o speed_n and_o ease_n to_o send_v i_o to_o my_o grave_n and_o love_n i_o will_v still_o adore_v thy_o deity_n and_o worship_v thou_o if_o to_o my_o alter_a 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