Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	line_n	page_n	read_v	2,028	5	9.7800	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84082	Animadversions on a book called, A plea for non-scribers. By Ephraim Elcock.	Elcock, Ephraim.	1651 (1651)	Wing E325; Thomason E636_2; ESTC R206574	62,788	67

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