Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	wonder_n	word_n	work_n	10	3	4.3786	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02527	Contemplations vpon the principal passages of the holie historie. The third volume: in three bookes. By I. Hall, Doctor of Diuinitie; Contemplations upon the principall passages of the Holy Storie. Vol. 3	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1615 (1615)	STC 12654; ESTC S103660	101,087	468

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