Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	affection_n	good_a	soul_n	3,216	5	4.6901	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56403	A sermon preached before the Lord Bishop of Chichester at Lewes at his first visitation there / by Timothy Parker ...	Parker, T. (Timothy)	1676 (1676)	Wing P484; ESTC R34545	16,490	40

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