Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	father_n	son_n	862	5	4.7880	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45805	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable Lord-Mayor, the Aldermen, and governours of the hospitals of London, at St. Bridget's Church, on Wednesday in Easter week, MDCC by Z. Isham ...	Isham, Z. (Zacheus), 1651-1705.	1700 (1700)	Wing I1071; ESTC R15563	18,740	35

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