Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	year_n	young_a	40	3	5.7901	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59840	A practical discourse concerning death by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing S3312; ESTC R226804	147,548	359

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