Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	great_a	will_n	4,822	5	5.8442	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00392	A sermon made: by the famous doctor Erasmus of Roterodame; Liturgia Virginis Lauretanae. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1533 (1533)	STC 10508; ESTC S101706	13,968	44

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