Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	power_n	speak_v	word_n	8,214	5	4.2815	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78596	The character or ear-mark of Mr. William Prinne bencher of Lincolnes-Inne. In which are contain'd many seasonable, and wholsome exhortations to the same: carpitq; & carpitur.		1659 (1659)	Wing C2032; Thomason E983_16; ESTC R207743	3,405	7

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