Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	david_n	lord_n	nathan_n	4,238	5	12.7447	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41238	Sir George Sondes his plaine narrative to the vvorld, of all passages upon the death of his tvvo sonnes.	Feversham, George Sondes, Earl of, 1599-1677.	1655 (1655)	Wing F823B; ESTC R213731	40,869	42

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