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	think_v	827	5	3.7466	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67171	The female vertuoso's a comedy : as it is acted at the Queen's Theatre, by Their Majesties servants / written by Mr. Thomas Wright.	Wright, Thomas, fl. 1693.; Molière, 1622-1673. Femmes savantes.	1693 (1693)	Wing W3711; ESTC R34768	48,417	62

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