Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	act_v	action_n	angel_n	38	3	6.3299	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20901	The practise of chymicall, and hermeticall physicke, for the preseruation of health. Written in Latin by Iosephus Quersitanus, Doctor of Phisicke. And translated into English, by Thomas Timme, minister; Ad veritatem hermeticae medicinae ex Hippocratis responsio. English	Du Chesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1605 (1605)	STC 7276; ESTC S109967	142,547	211

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