Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	prayer_n	word_n	7,609	5	4.2667	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69768	Excellent contemplations, divine and moral written by the magnanimous and truly loyal Arthur Lord Capel, Baron of Hadham ; together with some account of his life, and his letters to several persons whilst he was prisoner in the tower ... likewise his affectionate letters to his lady, the day before his death ... March 9, 1648, with his pious advice to his son the late Earl of Essex.	Capel of Hadham, Arthur Capel, Baron, 1610?-1649.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649. His speech on the Scaffold, March 9, 1649.	1683 (1683)	Wing C469; ESTC R4075	81,286	218

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