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	world_n	9,425	5	5.0660	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63013	The town adventurer. A discourse of masquerades, playes, &c. By Don Francisco de Quevedo, Junior.	Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645. aut	1675 (1675)	Wing T1976B; ESTC R222360	65,687	175

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