Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	love_v	see_v	soul_n	10,942	5	5.2331	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33515	Bersaba, or, The love of David a poem / written by Samuel Cobb ...	Cobb, Samuel, 1675-1713.	1695 (1695)	Wing C4770; ESTC R40843	12,685	25

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