Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	know_v	see_v	world_n	7,132	5	4.8452	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14497	Virgils Eclogues translated into English: by W.L. Gent; Bucolica. English	Virgil.; Lathum, William.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.	1628 (1628)	STC 24820; ESTC S119264	75,407	208

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