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	letter_n	send_v	793	5	5.0867	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67519	The school of politicks, or, The humours of a coffee-house a poem.	Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.	1691 (1691)	Wing W753B; ESTC R27054	11,708	34

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