Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	aaron_n	bless_v	praise_v	16	3	9.5015	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27888	A paraphrase upon the Psalms of David by George Sandys ; set to new tunes for private devotion and a thorough-base for voice or instrument by Henry Lawes ; and in this edition carefully revised and corrected from many errors which passed in former impressions by John Playford.	Sandys, George, 1578-1644.; Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662.; Playford, John, 1623-1686?	1676 (1676)	Wing B2521A; ESTC R11888	83,703	258

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