Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	word_n	write_n	write_v	59	3	5.2292	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35670	Iphigenia a tragedy, acted at the theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields / by Mr. Dennis.	Dennis, John, 1657-1734.; Euripides. Iphigenia in Tauris.	1700 (1700)	Wing D1031; ESTC R20511	42,566	73

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