Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	woman_n	world_n	wretched_a	17	3	8.3585	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86606	Poems, and essays with a paraphrase on Cicero's Lælius, or Of friendship. Written in heroick verse by a gentleman of quality.	Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Laelius de amicitia. Paraphrases.	1673 (1673)	Wing H2973; ESTC R230675	88,758	208

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