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	love_v	763	5	5.4326	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25379	An Account of the late hardships and violence inflicted upon certain persons called Quakers for their peaceable religious meetings in the city and county of Glocester		1682 (1682)	Wing A312; ESTC R28171	3,617	10

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