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	love_n	soul_n	7,027	5	4.9116	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27302	Love letters between Polydorus, the Gothick king, and Messalina, late Queen of Albion	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1743; ESTC R28905	14,573	40

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