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	good_a	life_n	960	5	4.0213	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70224	A vindication of the late sermon, on--Curse ye Meroz from the idle aspersions cast upon it and its author : with a full and true narrative of many material passages in Mr. Hickeringill's life.	Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1831A; ESTC R10893	26,495	47

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