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	great_a	king_n	1,031	5	3.4722	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67820	Compendium politicum, or, The distempers of government under these two heads, the nobilities desire of rule, the commons desire of liberty : with their proper remedies, in a brief essay on the long reign of King Henry III / by J.Y. of Grayes-Inne, Esq.	Yalden, John.; Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. Short view of the long life and raigne of Henry the Third.	1680 (1680)	Wing Y6; ESTC R12598	26,450	104

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