Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	great_a	lord_n	pelagius_n	100	3	15.9578	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47382	The imperial tragedy taken out of a Latin play, and very much altered / by a gentleman ...	Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695.	1669 (1669)	Wing K460; ESTC R17594	35,531	56

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