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	enter_v	kingdom_n	5,396	5	6.1932	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54036	Reason regulate[d], or, Brief reflections upon a l[ate] treatise of human-reason by T.P.	T. P.	1675 (1675)	Wing P117; ESTC R25516	24,178	78

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