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	good_a	know_v	930	5	3.4529	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49294	Lucasta posthume poems of Richard Lovelace, Esq.	Lovelace, Richard, 1618-1658.; Lovelace, Dudley Posthumus.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691.	1659 (1659)	Wing L3241_PARTIAL_CANCELLED; Wing L3237_PARTIAL; ESTC R3895	41,807	130

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