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	great_a	know_v	1,148	5	3.3388	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57896	Organon salutis an instrument to cleanse the stomach : as also divers new experiments of the virtue of tobacco and coffee, how much they conduce to preserve humane health / by W.R. ...	W. R. (Walter Rumsey), 1584-1660.; Blount, Henry, Sir, 1602-1682.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1657 (1657)	Wing R2280A; ESTC R5405	22,294	82

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