Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	best_a	death_n	life_n	868	5	4.1334	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44429	Neglected virtue, or, The Unhappy conqueror a play acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's servants.	Hopkins, Charles, 1664?-1700?; Horden, Hildebrand, d. 1696.; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Pilgrim.	1696 (1696)	Wing H2725; ESTC R29502	32,088	57

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