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	time_n	812	5	3.1212	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39301	Deceit discovered and malice manifested in L. Key's late paper from Reading the third of the fourth month 1693. By Thomas Elwood.	Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing E617; ESTC R213542	7,470	1

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