Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	hate_v	love_v	persecute_v	3,099	5	9.6553	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29734	The support of the faithful in times of persecution, or, A sermon preach'd in the wilderness to the poor Protestants in France by M. Brousson ... ; faithfully translated from the French.; Confiance du fidèle persécuté. English	Brousson, Claude, 1647-1697.; Rogers, Timothy, 1658-1728.	1699 (1699)	Wing B5003; ESTC R3102	18,703	32

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