Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	heart_n	son_n	17,006	5	5.6134	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91823	An ingenious poem, called The drunkards prospective, or Burning-glasse. Composed by Joseph Rigbie, gentleman, clerke of the peace of the county palatine of Lancaster.; Drunkards prospective	Rigby, Joseph, d. 1671.	1655 (1655)	Wing R1473; Thomason E1606_3; ESTC R22176	20,978	53

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