Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	act_n	act_v	active_a	90	3	8.9504	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40386	A philosophical treatise of the original and production of things writ in America in a time of solitudes by R. Franck.	Franck, Richard, 1624?-1708.	1687 (1687)	Wing F2065; ESTC R20723	60,851	198

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