Selected quad for the lemma: mind_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mind_n	heart_n	light_n	see_v	2,384	5	3.6681	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67608	The sights retreat a poem by H. W. gent, [sic]; Dark penitent's complaint.	H. W. (Henry Waring)	1715 (1715)	Wing W858E; ESTC T224834	4,540	19

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