Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	great_a	heart_n	love_v	12,478	5	5.9828	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80417	The true character of a noble gennerall: seen and allowed of by His Excellencie, the Earl of Essex. Written in prose and verse.	Cooke, William, 17th cent.	1644 (1644)	Wing C6044; Thomason E52_4; ESTC R21642	4,780	10

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