Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	plato_n	socrates_n	solomon_n	3,039	5	12.6231	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52345	A treatise of the difference bbtwixt [sic] the temporal and eternal composed in Spanish by Eusebius Nieremberg ... ; translated into English by Sir Vivian Mullineaux, Knight ; and since reviewed according to the tenth and last Spanish edition.; De la diferencia entre lo temporal y eterno. English	Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658.; Mullineaux, Vivian, Sir.	1672 (1672)	Wing N1151; ESTC R181007	420,886	606

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