Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	wound_a	wound_n	wrath_n	84	3	7.7221	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44443	The vanity of the vvorld by Ezekiel Hopkins.	Hopkins, Ezekiel, 1634-1690.	1668 (1668)	Wing H2741; ESTC R14252	37,261	152

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