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	see_v	1,105	5	2.9358	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25719	An Appendix to Mercurius reformatus, or, The new observator by the same author.		1692 (1692)	Wing A3573; ESTC R30819	24,994	16

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