Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	life_n	live_v	sin_n	7,486	5	4.8306	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16759	Melancholike humours, in verses of diuerse natures, set downe by Nich: Breton, Gent	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1600 (1600)	STC 3666; ESTC S104806	14,741	46

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