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	life_n	soul_n	6,846	5	5.0644	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02874	A treatise of vnion of the two realmes of England and Scotland. By I.H.	Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.	1604 (1604)	STC 13011; ESTC S103946	38,053	64

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