Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	cause_n	good_a	great_a	3,046	5	2.6754	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91736	The comfort and crown of great actions. In a sermon preached, Decemb. 4. 1657. Before the honorable East-India company. By Edward Reynolds, D.D.	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1242; Thomason E934_4*; ESTC R207682	18,609	36

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