Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	action_n	body_n	soul_n	2,300	5	5.5109	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54807	The whore's rhetorick calculated to the meridian of London, and conformed to the rules of art : in two dialogues.; Retorica delle puttane. English	Pallavicino, Ferrante, 1615-1644.	1683 (1683)	Wing P213; ESTC R22922	90,077	254

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