Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	age_n	year_n	youth_n	286	3	8.0905	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75792	The life of S. Augustine. The first part Written by himself in the first ten books of his Confessions faithfully translated.; Confessiones. Liber 1-10. English	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; R. H., 1609-1678.	1660 (1660)	Wing A4211; Thomason E1755_2; ESTC R208838	184,417	226

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