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	flesh_n	world_n	4,209	5	4.5466	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61800	The Bishop of Chester's charge in his primary visitation at Chester, May 5, 1691	Stratford, Nicholas, 1633-1707.	1692 (1692)	Wing S5929; ESTC R17221	18,998	32

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