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	heart_n	word_n	6,159	5	3.9745	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55617	A practical discourse of patience Setting forth the excellency usefulness and rewards thereof. By a divine of the Church of England.	Divine of the Church of England.	1693 (1693)	Wing P3151; ESTC R219500	112,790	279

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