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
A64331	Poems by Sir W.T.	Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.	1670 (1670)	Wing T662A; ESTC R219173	21,785	107

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