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	love_n	love_v	2,519	5	6.3625	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16755	I pray you be not angry, for I will make you merry A pleasant and merry dialogue, betweene two travellers, as they met on the high-way.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1632 (1632)	STC 3663; ESTC S104801	13,090	16

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