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	place_n	994	5	3.9040	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39223	A brief narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England, in the year 1670 given in by the Reverend Mr. John Elliot, minister of the gospel there, in a letter by him directed to the right worshipfull the commissioners under His Majesties Great-Seal for propagation of the gospel amongst the poor blind natives in those United Colonies.	Eliot, John, 1604-1690.; Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the Parts Adjacent in America.	1671 (1671)	Wing E503; ESTC R3115	7,267	12

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