Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	word_n	work_v	write_v	587	4	5.3914	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12376	The benefit of contentation Taken by characterie and examined after.; Sermon of the benefite of contentation	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1590 (1590)	STC 22694; ESTC S110776	12,792	39

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