Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	harden_v	moses_n	pharaoh_n	4,537	5	10.9869	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42045	E[p]i[ph]ania, or, A discourse upon the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles by the appearance of a star by Francis Gregory, D.D. and rector of Hambleton in the county of Bucks.	Gregory, Francis.	1678 (1678)	Wing G1891; ESTC R43221	29,752	52

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