Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	great_a	soul_n	3,163	5	4.7202	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29160	A sermon preach'd at the parish church of St. Martins Ludgate, Sept. 12, 1695 before the Incorporated Society of Apothecaries of London / by Nicholas Brady.	Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.	1695 (1695)	Wing B4179; ESTC R24217	10,681	32

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a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o parish_n church_n of_o st._n martin_n ludgate_n sept_n 12._o 1695._o before_o the_o incorporate_v society_n of_o apothecary_n of_o london_n by_o nicholas_n brady_n m._n a._n minister_n of_o st._n catherine_n cree-church_n and_o chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o his_o majesty_n publish_a at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o society_n london_n print_v for_o richard_n parker_n at_o the_o unicorn_n under_o the_o piazza_n of_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1695._o to_o the_o worshipful_a the_o master_n and_o warden_n the_o court_n of_o assistant_n gentleman_n of_o the_o livery_n and_o freeman_n of_o the_o ingenious_a society_n of_o apothecary_n of_o london_n gentleman_n this_o discourse_n as_o it_o be_v preach_v at_o your_o kind_a request_n so_o it_o be_v now_o however_o unfit_a for_o the_o general_a view_n in_o compliance_n with_o your_o oblige_a importunity_n make_v public_a nor_o can_v i_o in_o justice_n refuse_v you_o the_o disposal_n of_o that_o which_o be_v 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