Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_n	letter_n	time_n	812	5	3.8899	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25599	The Answer to the letter written to a member of Parliament upon the occasion of some votes of the House of Commons against their late speaker and others		1695 (1695)	Wing A3417; ESTC R110	23,110	60

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