Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bear_v	good_a	love_v	905	5	5.8116	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34249	The famous tragedy of Osmond the great Turk, otherwise called the noble servant written by Lodowick Carlell, Gent.	Carlell, Lodowick, 1602?-1675.	1657 (1657)	Wing C579; ESTC R7498	36,247	62

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