Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	bear_v	child_n	witness_n	5,986	5	7.7172	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34914	A fore-warning and a word of expostulation unto the rulers, magistrates, priests of England, and her dominions, uttered forth from the spirit of the Lord, that they may read, weigh, and consider.	R. C. (Richard Crane)	1660 (1660)	Wing C6811; ESTC R24283	5,193	8

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