Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	heart_n	let_v	soul_n	9,658	5	5.0107	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67427	A sermon preached to the natives of the city and county of Worchester in the church of St Laurence Jewry at their solemn meeting, June 28. 1681 / by George Walls ...	Walls, George, 1644 or 5-1727.	1681 (1681)	Wing W623; ESTC R7593	14,178	36

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