Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	call_v	father_n	son_n	22,994	5	6.0917	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41737	The heroe of Lorenzo, or, The way to eminencie and perfection a piece of serious Spanish wit / originally in that language written ; and in English by Sir John Skeffington, Kt. and Barronet.; Héroe. English	Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658.; Massereene, John Skeffington, Viscount, d. 1695.; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.	1652 (1652)	Wing G1471; ESTC R6925	27,935	166

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