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	king_n	time_n	955	5	3.4241	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58138	Vox laici, or, The layman's opinion touching the making alterations in our established liturgy in an answer to a letter from a member of the convocation : with some remarks on the (pretended) answer of Vox cleri / by J.R. in a letter to a friend.	J. R.	1689 (1689)	Wing R36; ESTC R31952	14,808	28

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