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	think_v	890	5	3.7818	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70258	Memorabilia mundi, or, Choice memoirs of the history and description of the world by G.H.	G. H.; G. H. (G. Hussey); G. H. (G. Hooker)	1670 (1670)	Wing H2629A; Wing H3812; ESTC R178183	59,815	208

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