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	find_v	good_a	943	5	2.9665	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45382	The loyal indigent officer being a brief description of the truly loyal commissioned officers, which hath faithfully served His late Majesty, of ever blessed memory, and His Majesty that now is : with a discovery how to be known from the number of the pretended commission'd officers, which formerly hath appear'd, and hath participated of His Majesties gracious gifts and favours and, not contented, secretly contrived for more / written by Charles Hammond ...	Hammond, Charles, 17th cent.	1670 (1670)	Wing H496; ESTC R21942	13,686	32

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