Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	behold_v	eye_n	look_v	2,539	5	5.6981	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26811	The sure trial of uprightness open'd in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23 ... / by William Bates.	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1129; ESTC R24838	61,106	151

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