Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	eye_n	full_a	great_a	370	4	2.1558	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14028	The policy of the Turkish empire. The first booke	Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611, attributed name.	1597 (1597)	STC 24335; ESTC S118698	98,012	170

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