Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	keep_v	peace_n	unity_n	7,015	5	8.9407	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60688	The spirit of meekness recommended for the reducing of the erroneous and such as have dissented from the Church of England / by William Smythies ...	Smythies, William, d. 1715.	1684 (1684)	Wing S4374; ESTC R10957	45,142	149

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