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	set_v	soul_n	2,203	5	4.8377	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25273	The rake, or, The libertine's religion a poem.	Ames, Richard, d. 1693.	1693 (1693)	Wing A2988; ESTC R16090	9,068	30

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