Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	begin_v	great_a	time_n	964	5	3.1602	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36661	Of dramatick poesie, an essay by John Dryden.; Of dramatick poesie	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1668 (1668)	Wing D2327; ESTC R233	54,314	81

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