Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	body_n	good_a	soul_n	3,364	5	5.2349	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30645	The Roman the conversation of the Romans and Mæcenas, in three excellent discourses / written in French by Monsieur de Balsac ; translated into English.	Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654.	1652 (1652)	Wing B617; ESTC R33129	34,832	164

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