Selected quad for the lemma: body_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	eye_n	light_n	single_a	6,802	5	10.2157	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93872	A sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, January 30, 1699/1700 being an anniversary sermon for the day / by William Stephens, B.D. Rector of Sutton in Surry. ; Corrected by the author.	Stephens, William, d. 1718.	1700 (1700)	Wing S5463A; ESTC R212531	13,080	32

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