Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	part_n	spirit_n	vital_a	3,441	5	10.7507	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35986	Of the sympathetick powder a discourse in a solemn assembly at Montpellier / made in French by Sir Kenelm Digby, Knight, 1657.; Discours fait en une célèbre assemblée, touchant la guérison des playes par la poudre de sympathie. English	Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.	1669 (1669)	Wing D1446; ESTC R20320	50,741	64

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