Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	appear_v	great_a	time_n	915	5	3.1574	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56532	The pleasant and delightful history of Floridon and Lucina illustriated [sic] with an admirable description of loves paradice : wherein you may behold, the abundant felicity, that true lovers enjoy, in the chaste imbraces of their dearest loves, and the sad effects that most commonly attends faithless and unconstant lovers : with variety of other passages never before printed nor published / by J.P.	J. P.	1663 (1663)	Wing P64; ESTC R9318	21,857	43

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