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	write_v	25	3	5.2334	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60965	Oroonoko a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by Tho. Southerne.	Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko.	1696 (1696)	Wing S4761; ESTC R12217	52,791	96

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