Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	caesar_n	great_a	pompey_n	781	5	11.2029	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32734	Of wisdom three books / written originally in French by the Sieur de Charron ; with an account of the author, made English by George Stanhope ...; De la sagesse. English	Charron, Pierre, 1541-1603.; Stanhope, George, 1660-1728.	1697 (1697)	Wing C3720; ESTC R2811	887,440	1,314

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