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	let_v	love_v	4,519	5	6.0059	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03347	The splendour of the spouse A sermon preached in the parish church of Ware, Anno Domini, 1638. By Augustine Hill, rector of Dengey, in the county of Essex.	Hill, Augustine, d. 1660.	1640 (1640)	STC 13468; ESTC S116585	15,346	25

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the_o splendour_n of_o the_o spouse_n a_o sermon_n preach_v in_o the_o parish_n church_n of_o ware_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1638._o by_o augustine_n hill_n rector_n of_o dengey_n in_o the_o county_n of_o essex_n bern._n pascimur_fw-la &_o patimur_fw-la aug_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la sinem_fw-la inter_fw-la persecutiones_fw-la mundi_fw-la &_o consolationes_fw-la dei_fw-la procurrit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la london_n print_v by_o e._n p._n for_o nicholas_n bourne_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n at_o the_o south_n entrance_n of_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1640._o to_o the_o honourable_a sir_n thomas_n fanshaw_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n his_o majesty_n remembrancer_n in_o the_o court_n of_o exchequer_n sir_n it_o be_v the_o great_a happiness_n that_o ever_o do_v befall_v i_o that_o i_o be_v assume_v into_o your_o noble_a family_n where_o i_o be_v furnish_v once_o and_o a_o second_o time_n likewise_o with_o ecclesiastical_a promotion_n without_o any_o 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