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	think_v	1,119	5	3.7181	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70960	The anatomist, or, The sham doctor written by Mr. Ravenscroft ; with The loves of Mars and Venus, a play set to music, written by Mr. Motteux ; as they are acted together at the New Theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields.	Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707.; Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718. Loves of Mars and Venus.; Finger, Godfrey, ca. 1660-1730.; Eccles, John, d. 1735.	1697 (1697)	Wing R326; ESTC R22443	29,579	48

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