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	know_v	lord_n	777	5	3.5589	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63900	An argument in defence of the hospitaller of St. Thomas Southwark and of his fellow-servants and friends in the same house	Turner, John, b. 1649 or 50.	1689 (1689)	Wing T3300; ESTC R9444	36,427	31

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