Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	body_n	soul_n	union_n	2,456	5	9.5499	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23713	A discourse concerning the period of humane life, whether mutable or immutable by the author of The duty of man laid down in express words of Scripture.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; R. E.	1677 (1677)	Wing A1110; ESTC R7660	41,105	158

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