Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	death_n	life_n	lord_n	7,479	5	3.6814	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10693	An inuectiue againste vices, taken for vertue. Gathered out of the scriptures, by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe, Richard Rice; Invective againste vices, taken for vertue.	Rice, Richard, fl. 1548-1579.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1575 (1575)	STC 20973; ESTC S119799	30,305	85

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