Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	dead_a	life_n	live_v	7,322	5	6.0283	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80380	Intrigues of love: or, The amours and gallantries of the French court, during the reign of that amorous and warlike prince Henry IV. (Surnamed the Great.) Being a true and pleasant history. Newly made English from the French, By Sir Edwine Sadleyr Baronet; Histoire des amours du grand Alcandre. English	Conti, Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine, princesse de, 1574-1631.; Sadleir, Edwin, Sir, d. 1719.	1689 (1689)	Wing C5955C; ESTC R226033	33,622	115

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