Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	bad_a	evil_a	good_a	2,734	5	4.0767	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06552	A good wife is a portion every day. Or A dialogue discovering a good wife from a bad. And happy is that man that hath such a one. The tune is, Pockingtons pound. / By J. Wade.	Wade, John, fl. 1660-1680.	1670-1696? (1696)	Wing W165; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[191]	2,044	1

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