Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	animal_n	brain_n	part_n	5,269	5	4.8629	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32689	A brief discourse concerning the different wits of men written at the request of a gentleman, eminent in virtue, learning, fortune, in the year 1664, and now published with consent of the author.; Brief discourse concerning the different wits of men	Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707.; Gentleman eminent in virtue, learning, fortune.	1669 (1669)	Wing C3663; ESTC R15719	30,537	148

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