Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	wit_n	write_v	year_n	46	3	4.5798	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52102	Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.; Epigrammata. English. Selections	Martial.; Killigrew, Henry, 1613-1700.	1695 (1695)	Wing M830; ESTC R20924	97,802	340

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matho_n object_n my_o book_n unequal_a be_v if_o he_o say_v true_a he_o praise_v ever_o aware_a calvin_n and_o umber_n write_v a_o equal_a strain_n nought_o be_v the_o book_n that_o be_v free_a from_o height_n and_o plain_a ep._n 91._o on_o baccara_fw-la if_o need_n thou_o have_v thou_o need_v not_o i_o entreat_v baccar_fw-la these_o word_n thou_o often_o do_v repeat_v my_o creditor_n rage_n thou_o in_o his_o look_n do_v read_v thou_o see_v but_o know_v not_o baccar_fw-la what_o i_o need_v my_o rent_n thou_o by_o be_v call_v for_o in_o with_o speed_n thou_o hear_v but_o know_v not_o baccar_fw-la what_o i_o need_v i_o shiver_v in_o a_o totter_a threadbare_a weed_n thou_o see_v yet_o know_v not_o baccar_fw-la what_o i_o need_v i_o need_v that_o thou_o be_v planet-struck_a with_o speed_n no_o more_o that_o thou_o may_v say_v what_o do_v thou_o need_v ep._n 94._o on_o linus_n it_o be_v winter_n and_o december_n horrid_a cold_n make_v all_o thing_n stark_o yet_o linus_n thou_o lay_v hold_v 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refound_v the_o bath_n the_o portico_n even_o every_o stall_n to_o one_o thou_o be_v send_v but_o will_v be_v read_v by_o all._n ep._n 97._o on_o castor_n while_o all_o thing_n thou_o do_v buy_v it_o thou_o befall_v that_o all_o thing_n castor_n thou_o do_v likewise_o sell._n ep._n 98._o to_o crispus_n may_v thou_o the_o prince_n still_o gracious_a to_o thou_o find_v and_o rome_n no_o less_o than_o egypt_n ever_o kind_a if_o when_o in_o court_n my_o verse_n thou_o do_v hear_v for_o sometime_o caesar_n deign_v to_o they_o a_o ear_n thou_o i_o afford_v this_o free_a and_o candid_a praise_n this_o man_n be_v a_o glory_n caesar_n to_o thy_o day_n yield_v not_o to_o marsus_n pedo_n or_o