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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42271	A vindication of the conforming clergy from the unjust aspersions of heresie, &c. in answer to some part of Mr. Jenkyn's funeral sermon upon Dr. Seaman : with short reflexions on some passages in a sermon preached by Mr. J.S. upon 2 Cor. 5:20 : in a letter to a friend.	Grove, Robert, 1634-1696.	1676 (1676)	Wing G2161; ESTC R21762	47,478	87

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