Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	better_a	enemy_n	good_a	892	5	3.1221	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29106	A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable Lord-Mayor, the Aldermen, and citizens of London, at St. Mary Le Bow, on Thursday, November 5, 1696 by Samuel Bradford ...	Bradford, Samuel, 1652-1731.	1697 (1697)	Wing B4119; ESTC R19690	16,720	34

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clarke_n mayor_n martis_n decimo_fw-la die_v novembr_n '_o 1696._o annoque_fw-la r._n rs._n wilhelmi_n tertii_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n octavo_fw-la this_o court_n do_v desire_n mr._n bradford_n to_o print_v his_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord-mayor_n alderman_n and_o citizen_n of_o this_o city_n at_o the_o parish-church_n of_o st._n mary-le-bow_n on_o thursday_n last_o be_v the_o five_o of_o this_o instant_a november_n goodfellow_n a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord-mayor_n the_o alderman_n and_z citizens_z of_o london_n at_o st._n mary_n le_z bow_n on_o thursday_n november_n 5._o 1696._o by_o samuel_n bradford_n rector_n of_o the_o say_a church_n london_n print_v for_o b._n aylmer_n at_o the_o three_o pigeon_n against_o the_o royal_a exchange_n in_o cornhill_n mdcxcvii_o mr._n bradford_n sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o lord-mayor_n etc._n etc._n november_n the_o five_o 1696._o to_o the_o right_n 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