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	world_n	829	5	4.1745	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61615	A sermon preached before the King, February the 15, 1683/4 by Edward Stillingfleet ...	Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1684 (1684)	Wing S5655; ESTC R18638	18,662	43

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