Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	conscience_n	death_n	sting_n	3,176	5	11.7818	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87944	A letter from an officer of the army in Ireland to a kinsman of his in the English army		1659 (1659)	Wing L1450; Thomason 669.f.21[69]; ESTC R211264	1,198	1

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