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	know_v	see_v	1,140	5	2.8846	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64599	Uraniæ metamorphosis in Sydus, or, The transfiguration of our l[ate] gracious sovereign Queen Mary discover'd in a miraculous vision since the celebration of her funeral : a poem ... / written by a doctor of physick.	Coward, William, 1657?-1725.	1695 (1695)	Wing U125; ESTC R38386	5,918	14

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