Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	appear_v	assign_v	great_a	18	3	2.1554	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29160	A sermon preach'd at the parish church of St. Martins Ludgate, Sept. 12, 1695 before the Incorporated Society of Apothecaries of London / by Nicholas Brady.	Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.	1695 (1695)	Wing B4179; ESTC R24217	10,681	32

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