Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	glory_n	holy_a	lord_n	8,984	5	3.7392	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88924	Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian salvages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. Faithfully composed and improved. [One line of quotation in Latin]	Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.; Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Observable things.	1699 (1699)	Wing M1093; ESTC W18639	116,504	255

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