Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	call_v	good_a	king_n	1,102	5	3.4675	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44797	Observations upon a late libel, called A letter from a person of quality to his friend, concerning the Kings declaration, &c.	Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.	1681 (1681)	Wing H317; ESTC R2918	13,574	10

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