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	father_n	love_n	1,154	5	5.0079	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25740	An apology for a yovnger brother, or, A discovrse proving that parents may dispose of their estates to which of their children they please by I. A.	J. A. (John Ap Robert)	1641 (1641)	Wing A3592; ESTC R9194	34,253	68

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