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	think_v	time_n	758	5	3.2156	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39365	The quiet soule, or, The peace, and tranquillity of a Christians estate set forth in two sermons / by Edmund Elys ...	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1659 (1659)	Wing E686; ESTC R41122	22,691	47

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