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	good_a	let_v	922	5	3.9301	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44158	A short discourse on the present temper of the nation with respect to the Indian and African company, and of the Bank of Scotland also, of Mr. Paterson's pretended fund of credit / by J.H.	Holland, John, d. 1722.	1696 (1696)	Wing H2427; ESTC R6195	16,646	29

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