Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	faith_n	grace_n	word_n	9,264	5	4.2777	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65118	The destruction of Troy, an essay upon the second book of Virgils Æneis. Written in the year, 1636.; Aeneis. Liber 2. English	Virgil.; Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.	1656 (1656)	Wing V624; ESTC R796	10,153	38

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