Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	authority_n	experience_n	great_a	31	3	2.1122	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16786	A poste with a packet of madde letters. The second part	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1606 (1606)	STC 3691.3; ESTC S237	40,782	62

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