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	love_n	love_v	2,051	5	6.7176	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27290	The fair jilt, or, The history of Prince Tarquin and Miranda written by Mrs. A. Behn.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1688 (1688)	Wing B1729; ESTC R3666	39,089	136

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