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	know_v	see_v	995	5	2.8720	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53314	Poems on several occasions, written in imitation of the manner of Anacreon with other poems, letters and translations.; Poems. Selections	Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742.	1696 (1696)	Wing O261; ESTC R10672	27,276	136

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