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	life_n	974	5	3.9373	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71220	Zelinda : an excellent new romance translated from the French of Monsieur De Scudery, by T.D. gent.; Histoire d'Alcidalis et Zélide. English	Voiture, Monsieur de (Vincent), 1597-1648.; Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701.; D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.	1676 (1676)	Wing V684; ESTC R21510	47,796	141

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