Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

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soul_n	according_a	body_n	life_n	5,604	5	4.5482	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65982	A sermon preached before the King and Queen at White-hall, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 1692/3 by William Wigan ...	Wigan, William, d. 1700.	1693 (1693)	Wing W2099; ESTC R39394	11,810	30

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