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
A51187	Don Juan Lamberto: or, a comical history of the late times. The first part. By Montelion Knight of the Oracle, &c.	Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688.; Phillips, John, 1631-1706, attributed name.; Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688. Don Juan Lamberto: or, a comical history of the late times. The second and last part. aut	1661 (1661)	Wing M2492; ESTC R216348	64,603	122

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