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	great_a	love_v	891	5	5.6800	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49294	Lucasta posthume poems of Richard Lovelace, Esq.	Lovelace, Richard, 1618-1658.; Lovelace, Dudley Posthumus.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691.	1659 (1659)	Wing L3241_PARTIAL_CANCELLED; Wing L3237_PARTIAL; ESTC R3895	41,807	130

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