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	think_v	786	5	3.6869	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58352	Reflexions on marriage, and the poetick discipline a letter / by the author of The remarques on the town.	Author of The remarques on the town.	1673 (1673)	Wing R697; ESTC R3302	40,625	222

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