Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	able_a	body_n	life_n	3,824	5	4.8967	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57146	Meditations on the fall and rising of St. Peter by Edward Reynolds ...	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.; Reynolds, Edward, 1629-1698.	1677 (1677)	Wing R1266; ESTC R15342	19,547	140

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