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
A62601	A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen at Hampton-Court, April the 14th, 1689 by John Tillotson ...	Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.	1689 (1689)	Wing T1238; ESTC R9503	13,346	37

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