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
A59432	The libertine a tragedy ... / written by Tho. Shadwell.	Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.; Rosimond, sieur, 1645-1686. Nouveau festin de Pierre.	1676 (1676)	Wing S2857; ESTC R21917	56,714	102

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