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_v	good_a	time_n	779	5	3.3369	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59493	The history of King Lear acted at the Duke's theatre / reviv'd with alterations by N. Tate.	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.	1681 (1681)	Wing S2918; ESTC R20622	40,212	77

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