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	way_n	852	5	4.1473	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64453	A testimony for the Lord and his truth given forth by the women friends, at their yearly meeting, at York, being a tender salutation of love, to their friends and sisters, in their several monthly meetings, in this county, and else where, greeting.	Waite, Mary. Warning to all Friends who professeth the everlasting truth of God.$4aut.	1688 (1688)	Wing T810B; ESTC R222431	10,163	26

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