Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	able_a	good_a	great_a	903	5	2.1539	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93453	A Sober dialogue between a country Friend, a London Friend, and one of G.K.'s Friends concerning the great difference of faith and doctrin betwixt many of the Quakers, especially their principal teachers and him.		1699 (1699)	Wing S4408; ESTC R42883	7,080	18

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