bells vs esteem

bells

noun
  • Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time. 

esteem

noun
  • Favourable regard. 

verb
  • To regard something as valuable; to prize. 

  • To look upon something in a particular way. 

  • To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence. 

How often have the words bells and esteem occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )