Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	let_v	lord_n	love_v	12,105	5	6.4310	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70762	The illustrious wife: viz. that excellent poem, Sir Thomas Overburie's wife illustrated by Giles Oldisworth, nephew to the same Sir T.O.	Oldisworth, Giles, 1619-1678.; Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613. Sir Thomas Overburie his wife. aut	1673 (1673)	Wing O608A; ESTC R214465	5,062	55

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