Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	love_v	young_a	youth_n	52	3	7.5161	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62350	A School for princes, or, Political reflections upon three conspiracies preceding the death of Alexander the Great translated out of French by A.O.	A. O.	1680 (1680)	Wing S883; ESTC R14690	43,281	190

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