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	keep_v	lord_n	783	5	3.5929	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63114	Poems written on several occasions by N. Tate.; Poems. Selections	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1684 (1684)	Wing T211; ESTC R11038	57,899	242

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