Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	add_v	kindness_n	temperance_n	1,894	5	11.3132	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53957	A practical discourse concerning God's love to mankind written for the satisfaction of some scrupulous persons / by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1694 (1694)	Wing P1083; ESTC R21771	58,579	154

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