Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	affection_n	heart_n	spirit_n	4,282	5	4.7204	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67615	The effigies of love being a translation from the Latine of Mr. Robert Waring of Christ-Church in Oxford, master of arts, and proctor of that university. To which is prefixt a tombstone-encomium, by the same author, sacred to the memory of the prince of poets, Ben. Johnson; also made English by the same hand.; Amoris effigies. English.	Waring, Robert, 1614-1658.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.; Nightingale, Robert, fl. 1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing W866; ESTC R219407	44,991	161

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