Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	contrite_a	heart_n	humble_a	6,221	5	8.4865	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88735	The last speech, confession and execution of John Smith alias Ashburnh am [sic] a notorious highway-man who was hang'd at Stampford-Hill, where he is to be hung up in chains: and Edward Jackson, who was drawn, and hang'd, at Tyburn, for high-treason, on Monday the 26th. of this instant May, 1684	Smith, John, d. 1684.; Jackson, Edward, d. 1684. aut	1684 (1684)	Wing L505bA; ESTC R229877	4,218	7

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