Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	creature_n	great_a	love_v	4,226	5	6.4000	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50693	Meroveus a Prince of the blood-royal of France A novel.		1682 (1682)	Wing M1834; ESTC R217812	35,593	135

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