Selected quad for the lemma: word_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	heart_n	seed_n	sow_v	3,364	5	9.4831	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28922	Eternity, or, The weightiness of the unseen concerns of the other world, from their duration opened, proved, and applyed in a sermon preached in Worcestershire / by Tho. Badland ...	Badland, Tho. (Thomas)	1676 (1676)	Wing B390; ESTC R37054	27,473	80

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