Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	lord_n	love_v	spirit_n	5,771	5	5.0793	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85367	Good thoughts for every day of the month. Translated out of French By Mrs. D.S.		1656 (1656)	Wing G1082; Thomason E1716_2; ESTC R209652	20,927	179

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