Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	act_n	conceive_v	great_a	68	3	2.1123	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38785	A character of England as it was lately presented in a letter to a noble man of France.	Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1659 (1659)	Wing E3485; ESTC R17036	13,164	82

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