Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	work_n	write_v	wrought_v	195	3	7.7971	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50630	A welcom in a poem to His Excellency John Lord Roberts, Baron of Truro Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour of Ireland, my most noble patron, &c. at his royal entry into the Castle of Dublin / by Lieut. Coll. VV.M.	Mercer, William, 1605?-1676?	1669 (1669)	Wing M1741; ESTC R24151	13,043	42

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