Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	body_n	faculty_n	whole_a	4,521	5	5.7351	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46651	A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret Westminster, on Thursday, the 26th of November, 1691, being a day of publick thanks-giving by William Jane ...	Jane, William, 1645-1707.	1691 (1691)	Wing J457; ESTC R19797	16,580	36

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