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	see_v	1,212	5	2.9648	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60351	A sermon preached (May 16. 1680.) at the funeral of Mr Tho. Gilson, late minister of the Gospel. By Samuel Slater, minister of the Gospel.	Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.	1680 (1680)	Wing S3971; ESTC R222774	26,962	50

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