Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	heat_n	spirit_n	vital_a	2,349	5	10.6043	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01446	The historie of life and death With observations naturall and experimentall for the prolonging of life. Written by the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban.; Historia vitae et mortis. English	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Instauratio magna.	1638 (1638)	STC 1157; ESTC S100504	65,663	335

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