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	life_n	soul_n	9,367	5	4.6906	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61285	A bosome-piece for communicants. Or, The nature and design of the sacrament of the Lord's-Supper Laid open in a letter to Mrs, [sic] Eliz. Yearley, of Ockham in Surrey. By Joshua Stanley, late chaplain to the Lady Nicholas.	Stanley, Joshua, b. 1645 or 6.	1699 (1699)	Wing S5235AA; ESTC R221890	6,835	33

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