Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	11,650	5	9.6082	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26545	A paraphrase on the canticles, or, Song of Solomon by the late learned and pious Protestant, Thomas Ager.	Ager, Thomas.	1680 (1680)	Wing A760; ESTC R6006	180,518	449

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