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	love_v	soul_n	3,593	5	4.9439	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33162	Cicero's Laelius a discourse of friendship : together with A pastoral dialogue concerning friendship and love.; Laelius de amicitia. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; J. T.	1691 (1691)	Wing C4308; ESTC R11183	37,288	122

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they_o be_v to_o esteem_v after_o another_o manner_n than_o our_o friend_n who_o otherwise_o we_o can_v never_o preserve_v long_o different_a manner_n create_v different_a mind_n and_o consequent_o dissolve_v friendship_n and_o the_o only_a reason_n why_o good_a man_n can_v never_o love_v those_o that_o be_v bad_a be_v because_o there_o be_v the_o wide_a difference_n imaginable_a in_o their_o mind_n and_o manner_n it_o be_v a_o good_a rule_n in_o friendship_n to_o take_v care_n lest_o the_o intemperance_n and_o extravagance_n of_o our_o affection_n shall_v hinder_v the_o occasion_n of_o our_o friend_n or_o prejudice_v their_o interest_n for_o to_o return_v to_o story_n neoptolemus_n have_v never_o take_v troy_n if_o he_o have_v hearken_v to_o his_o father-in-law_n lycomedes_n who_o have_v the_o education_n of_o he_o and_o strive_v with_o many_o tear_n to_o stop_v his_o journey_n sometime_o there_o will_v fall_v out_o press_v occasion_n that_o must_v necessary_o divide_v friend_n 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