Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	according_a	aforesaid_a	allow_v	19	3	7.6994	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42118	A treatise of the nature and use of the bitter purging salt contain'd in Epsom and such other waters by Nehemiah Grew.	Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712.	1697 (1697)	Wing G1960; ESTC R27397	21,859	66

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