Selected quad for the lemma: word_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	good_a	heart_n	treasure_n	3,167	5	9.8219	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20468	Contemplations, sighes, and groanes of a Christian. Written in Latine, by Iohn Michael Dilherrus. And Englished by William Style of the Inner Temple, Esquire; Contemplationes et suspiria hominis Christiani. English	Dilherr, Johannes Michael, 1604-1669.; Style, William, 1603-1679.	1640 (1640)	STC 6879; ESTC S109707	124,554	324

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