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	great_a	hand_n	859	5	4.2355	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93485	Some brief considerations and proposals, relating to the dependencies of the English nation with Spaine, &c.		1659 (1659)	Wing S4476; ESTC R184363	7,353	12

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