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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66940	An appendix to the Life of the Right Revd Father in God Seth, Lord Bishop of Salisbury written by Dr. Walter Pope ... in a letter to the author.	Wood, Thomas, 1661-1722.	1697 (1697)	Wing W3407; ESTC R21051	12,308	38

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