Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	brother_n	dear_a	father_n	928	5	4.5666	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04509	The Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament. [... c]ommitted the keeping of his children to his own brother, who dealt most wickedly with them, and how God plagued him for it. To the tune of Rogero.		1700 (1700)	Wing N1237A; ESTC R181034	1,955	1

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