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	love_v	see_v	11,238	5	3.6618	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81420	A dialogue between riches, poverty, godliness, gravity, labour, and content: fit for the perusal of all that are sober-minded, in this time of unsetledness, and dis-satisfaction. By a friend to the publique.		1659 (1659)	Wing D1322; Thomason E999_2; ESTC R207815	11,862	8

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