Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	believe_v	great_a	know_v	1,037	5	3.2408	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66389	A declaration of the sense of the archbishops and bishops, now in and about London, upon the occasion of their attendances in Parliament concerning the irregular and scandalous proceedings of certain clergy-men at the execution of Sir John Freind [sic] and Sir William Parkins.	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1696 (1696)	Wing W2699; ESTC R3132	2,589	17

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