Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	behold_v	eye_n	look_v	2,539	5	5.6981	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50552	A sermon preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, July 5. 1691 by Richard Meggott ...	Meggott, Richard, d. 1692.	1691 (1691)	Wing M1630; ESTC R9794	9,793	29

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