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	love_v	832	5	5.7582	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54711	Female poems on several occasions written by Ephelia.	Ephelia, fl. 1679.	1679 (1679)	Wing P2030; ESTC R21721	29,785	119

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