Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	believe_v	life_n	world_n	2,548	5	4.5059	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43195	A Healing motion from abroad to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c.		1657 (1657)	Wing H1302; ESTC R19483	19,994	72

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