Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	life_n	live_v	12,467	5	6.1200	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61953	A sermon preach'd before the King at White-Hall, May the twentieth, MDCLXXVII by John Sudbury ...	Sudbury, John, 1604-1684.	1677 (1677)	Wing S6139; ESTC R23480	14,545	36

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