Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	body_n	child_n	soul_n	5,055	5	5.1536	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30976	A few plain reasons why a Protestant of the Church of England should not turn Roman Catholick by a real Catholick of the Church of England.	Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691.	1688 (1688)	Wing B831; ESTC R18233	36,351	51

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