Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	die_v	live_v	5,530	5	5.7934	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20946	Heraclitus, or, Meditations vpon the vanity & misery of humane life first written in French by that excellent scholler & admirable divine Peter Du Moulin minister of the sacred word in the Reformed Church of Paris ; and translated into English by R.S. gentleman.; Heraclite. English. 1609	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Stafford, Robert, 1588-1618.	1609 (1609)	STC 7325; ESTC S2575	27,860	136

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