Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	army_n	enemy_n	great_a	1,068	5	2.8750	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40818	A sermon preached at St. Hilary's in the Isle of Jersey before the garrison, April 10th, 1692 by Philip Falle ...	Falle, Philip, 1656-1742.	1692 (1692)	Wing F341; ESTC R9313	21,860	36

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