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	know_v	soul_n	11,001	5	5.4456	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08691	The copie of a letter sent from Paris to the reverend fathers of the Society of Iesus, who liue in England Containing an answere to the calumniations of the Anti-Coton against the same Society in generall, and Fa. Coton in particular.; Copie of a letter sent from Paris to the reverend fathers of the Society of Jesus, who live in England.	Owen, Thomas, 1557-1618.	1611 (1611)	STC 18999; ESTC S104535	49,876	96

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