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	place_n	son_n	5,610	5	5.5818	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35236	The history of Oliver Cromwel being an impartial account of all the battles, sieges, and other military atchievements wherein he was ingaged, in England, Scotland and Ireland, and likewise of his civil administrations while he had the supream government of these three kingdoms, till his death : relating only matters of fact, without reflection or observation / by R.B.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1692 (1692)	Wing C7331; ESTC R21152	119,150	194

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