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_v	world_n	worthy_a	19	3	6.1014	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18722	Churchyards challenge	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1593 (1593)	STC 5220; ESTC S104961	155,134	297

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