Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	work_n	worthy_a	zeal_n	17	3	7.2998	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70781	The Jesuits morals collected by a doctor of the colledge of Sorbon in Paris who hath faithfully extracted them out of the Jesuits own books which are printed by the permission and approbation of the superiours of their society ; written in French and exactly translated into English.; Morale des jésuites. English	Perrault, Nicholas, ca. 1611-1661.; Tonge, Ezerel, 1621-1680.	1670 (1670)	Wing P1590; ESTC R4933	743,903	426

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