Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	bless_v	lord_n	name_n	9,330	5	6.2154	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85795	To the children of Friends, and other young people belonging to Falmouth, and elsewhere	Gwin, Thomas, 1656?-1720.	1690 (1690)	Wing G2282; ESTC R42594	4,380	13

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