Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	angel_n	body_n	soul_n	8,225	5	5.5180	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38504	Epictetus his Morals, with Simplicius his comment made English from the Greek, by George Stanhope ...; Manual. English	Epictetus.; Simplicius, of Cilicia. Commentarius in Enchiridion Epicteti. English.; Stanhope, George, 1660-1728.	1694 (1694)	Wing E3153; ESTC R10979	277,733	562

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