Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	according_a	lord_n	word_n	4,956	5	4.0290	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B14373	The litle garden of our B. Lady. Or, diuers practicall exercises in her honour. Written in Latin, by the R. Father Francis de la Croix, of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English	Lacroix, François de, 1582-1644.; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?	1631 (1631)	STC 15117.7; ESTC S103207	107,080	613

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