Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	great_a	love_n	1,392	5	5.1091	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36034	The historical library of Diodorus the Sicilian in fifteen books : the first five contain the antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the islands, and Europe : the last ten an historical account of the affairs of the Persians, Grecians, Macedonians and other parts of the world : to which are added the fragments of Diodorus that are found in the Bibliotheca of Photius : together with those publish'd by H. Valesius, L. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus / made English by G. Booth ..., Esq.; Bibliotheca historica. English	Diodorus, Siculus.; Booth, George, 17th/18th cent.; Valois, Henri de, 1603-1676.; Rhodoman, Lorenz, 1546-1606.; Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, ca. 820-ca. 891. Bibliotheca.; Orsini, Fulvio, 1529-1600.	1700 (1700)	Wing D1512; ESTC R15327	1,369,223	858

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21._o s_o 3_o 4._o 74●_n send_v to_o seleucus_n to_o have_v demetrius_n kill_v we_o 10._o 749_o lucius_n asellius_n a_o prudent_a governor_n of_o sicily_n his_o praise_n l_o 36._o s_o 8_o 9_o 776_o m._n mynderidye_n the_o syberite_n his_o state_n and_o grandeur_n l_o 6._o s_o 19_o 743_o myso_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o wise_a man_n l_o 6._o s_o 25._o 744_o messina_n the_o citizen_n murder_v by_o the_o mamertine_n receive_v as_o friend_n l_o 21._o s_o 9_o 749_o metellus_n quintus_fw-la son_n of_o metellus_n his_o great_a love_n to_o his_o father_n and_o care_v to_o have_v he_o restore_v from_o banishment_n l_o 36._o s_o 3._o 775_o mucius_n scaevola_n see_v scevola_n 776_o mithridates_n his_o clemency_n towards_o the_o roman_a soldier_n and_o his_o success_n in_o asia_n l_o 37._o s_o 5_o 6._o 777_o his_o war_n with_o the_o rhodian_o ib._n 778_o n._n numa_n pompilius_n l_o 6._o s_o 17._o 743_o nearchus_n the_o tyrant_n of_o elis_n how_o he_o be_v use_v by_o zeno_n see_v zeno_n 747_o 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