Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	able_a	act_n	act_v	157	3	7.1200	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80499	A Copy of a letter, with its answer, concerning a contest at VVorcester between a minister and a Quaker.		1656 (1656)	Wing C6167; Thomason E875_5; ESTC R206567	4,011	7

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