Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	write_a	write_v	year_n	20	3	4.3706	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51575	The prophet Muggleton's epistle to the believers of the commission, touching the rebellion occasioned by the Nine assertions.	Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698.	1690 (1690)	Wing M3043; ESTC R214286	21,334	23

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