Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	child_n	heart_n	love_v	5,211	5	6.2414	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52886	A short account of the present state of New-England, Anno Domini 1690	N. N.	1690 (1690)	Wing N57; ESTC R20012	9,099	12

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