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	heart_n	word_n	2,963	5	3.8797	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68130	Characters of vertues and vices in two bookes: by Ios. Hall.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1608 (1608)	STC 12648; ESTC S103620	29,611	192

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