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	manner_n	son_n	5,970	5	5.8560	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51304	The immortality of the soul, so farre forth as it is demonstrable from the knowledge of nature and the light of reason by Henry More ...	More, Henry, 1614-1687.	1659 (1659)	Wing M2663; ESTC R2813	258,204	608

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