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	heart_n	see_v	6,000	5	3.4328	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84298	Expedients for publique peace. Shewing the necessity of a national union and the way to it in this time of danger.		1660 (1660)	Wing E3887; Thomason E1021_8; ESTC R208386	8,973	21

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