Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n
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A36145
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A Dispute betwixt two clergie-men upon the roade in which is discovered how unhumanly the one set upon the other in his journey, and at last rejected his company, refusing to dispute with him / published bya friend of the respondents.
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Wing D1679; ESTC R32789
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