Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	care_n	death_n	life_n	780	5	4.2973	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57224	The English orator, or, Rhetorical descants by way of declamation upon some notable themes both historical and philosophical in two parts.	W. R. (William Richards), 1643-1705.	1680 (1680)	Wing R1375A; ESTC R22197	79,037	202

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