Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affair_n	great_a	king_n	867	5	3.6064	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64927	A view of the times with Britain's address to the Prince of Orange, a pindarick poem.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.	1689 (1689)	Wing V371; ESTC R233019	11,072	20

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