Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	friend_n	glorious_a	great_a	250	4	2.1119	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49767	Epithalamium, or, A nuptial song, with a narrative of loves progress consecrated to the honoured fame of his much valued friends Mr. Abraham Cullen and Mrs. Abigail Rushout ...	Lawrence, Leonard.	1650 (1650)	Wing L672; ESTC R34508	4,209	12

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