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
B06714	The Athenian Society unvaild: or, Their ignorance and envious abusing of the Quakers detected and reprehended	Wyeth, Joseph, 1663-1731.; Whitehead, John, 1630-1696.	1692 (1692)	Wing W3760; ESTC R186898	9,433	4

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