Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	count_v	loss_n	win_v	1,429	5	9.4826	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36320	Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming by Tho. Doolittle ...	Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707.	1692 (1692)	Wing D1886; ESTC R13801	131,969	240

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