Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	know_v	love_v	see_v	15,121	5	3.6465	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12479	A misticall deuise of the spirituall and godly loue betwene Christ the spouse, and the church or congregation Firste made by the wise Prince Salomon, and now newly set forth in verse by Iud Smith. Wherunto is annexed certeine other briefe stories. And also a treatise of prodigalitie, most fit and necessarie to be read [and] marked of all estates. 1575.; Bible. O.T. English. Paraphrases.	Smith, Jude.; Wharton, John, schoolmaster.; Carr, John, citezein of London. Ruinous fal of prodigalitie. aut	1575 (1575)	STC 22805; ESTC S119808	7,574	40

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