Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	aaron_n	church_n	heaven_n	30	3	4.4571	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36608	Britannia rediviva, a poem on the birth of the prince	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1688 (1688)	Wing D2251; ESTC R19800	6,475	17

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