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	part_n	whole_a	9,166	5	5.5416	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93284	Rare verities. The cabinet of Venus unlocked, and her secrets laid open. : Being a translation of part of Sinibaldus, his Geneanthropeia, and a collection of some things out of other Latin authors, never before in English.; Geneanthropeiae. Selections. English	Sinibaldi, Giovanni Benedetto, 1594-1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing S3863; ESTC R184190	34,716	116

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wanton_o but_o why_o shall_v not_o middle-aged_a man_n partake_v of_o the_o same_o privilege_n that_o young_a man_n do_v in_o the_o excess_n of_o venereal_a delight_n the_o reason_n may_v be_v that_o though_o they_o have_v their_o seminal_a vessel_n extend_v to_o the_o same_o nay_o great_a measure_n yet_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o plenty_n of_o seed_n and_o alimentary_a humour_n hence_o it_o fall_v out_o that_o as_o they_o can_v copulate_v often_o so_o be_v their_o desire_n and_o appetite_n that_o way_n deficient_a it_o be_v no_o wonder_n then_o if_o woman_n be_v so_o politic_a and_o cunning_a in_o prefer_v youth_n before_o any_o other_o age_n to_o administer_v to_o they_o venereal_a cordial_n and_o electuary_n add_v to_o this_o if_o the_o seminal_a conduit_n of_o young_a man_n be_v obstruct_v their_o seed_n become_v like_o a_o torrent_n the_o more_o fervent_a and_o impetuous_a by_o the_o obstacle_n and_o so_o be_v loosen_v flow_v with_o great_a force_n and_o quantity_n and_o 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increase_v love_n p._n 9_o whether_o love_n may_v be_v cure_v by_o medicament_n p._n 10._o concern_v love-potion_n or_o philter_n p._n 11._o whether_o female_n may_v change_v their_o sex_n p._n 12._o which_o be_v most_o lustful_a a_o man_n or_o a_o beast_n p._n 13._o which_o of_o the_o two_o be_v most_o lustful_a a_o man_n or_o a_o woman_n p._n 15._o which_o be_v most_o lustful_a a_o woman_n or_o a_o maid_n p._n 17._o the_o sign_n and_o mark_n of_o lustfulness_n from_o a_o man_n temperament_n age_n disposition_n of_o body_n and_o his_o country_n p._n 18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o the_o sign_n of_o lustfulness_n from_o the_o stature_n colour_n conformation_n of_o the_o part_n beauty_n strength_n and_o season_n of_o the_o year_n p._n 21_o 22_o 23._o the_o sign_n of_o lustfulness_n from_o disease_n p._n 23_o 24_o 25._o concern_v satyriasis_n p._n 25._o physiognomical_a sign_n of_o lust_n p._n 26_o 27_o 28_o 29_o 30._o example_n of_o such_o man_n and_o woman_n that_o have_v be_v very_o lustful_a and_o lecherous_a p._n 30_o 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o at_o what_o age_n be_v a_o wife_n to_o be_v choose_v that_o she_o may_v be_v fit_a for_o generation_n p._n 35_o 36._o concern_v a_o man_n genitals_o and_o of_o their_o apt_a conformation_n p._n 37._o from_o whence_o proceed_v the_o erection_n of_o the_o yard_n p._n 39_o whether_o a_o too_o long_o or_o a_o too_o short_a yard_n be_v obnoxious_a to_o generation_n p._n 40._o how_o to_o enlarge_v the_o pudenda_fw-la in_o case_n it_o be_v neither_o long_a nor_o thick_a enough_o to_o a_o due_a proportion_n p._n 41._o how_o to_o shorten_v the_o yard_n be_v too_o long_o p._n 42._o of_o venereal_a impotency_n p._n 43._o concern_v some_o man_n that_o have_v have_v wonderful_a great_a genitals_o p._n 44._o some_o question_n concern_v the_o pudenda_fw-la p._n 45._o concern_v the_o excellency_n virtue_n and_o temper_n of_o the_o stone_n p._n 46._o what_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n that_o though_o a_o man_n love_v a_o woman_n very_o well_o yet_o after_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o she_o his_o love_n grow_v cold_a p._n 48._o concern_v castrate_v man_n and_o woman_n p._n 50._o a_o particular_a relation_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o will_v increase_v seed_n and_o lust_n p._n 61._o a_o brief_a description_n of_o a_o woman_n genital_n p._n 53._o concern_v the_o clytoris_fw-la p._n 55._o how_o to_o contract_v the_o vulva_fw-la be_v too_o large_a and_o wide_o ibid._n what_o be_v that_o which_o be_v infringe_v at_o the_o first_o venereal_a act_n as_o also_o some_o sign_n of_o virginity_n p._n 57_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o sign_n of_o corrupt_a virginity_n p._n 59_o concern_v night-pollution_n p._n 61._o he_o that_o intend_v copulation_n aught_o to_o be_v free_a from_o turbulent_a passion_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o vain_a phantasm_n p._n 62._o whether_o to_o copulate_v backward_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o beast_n be_v best_o p._n 64._o concern_v pendulous_a venery_n as_o also_o many_o other_o fantastical_a venereal_a posture_n p._n 65._o whether_o there_o be_v pigmy_n and_o how_o they_o be_v generate_v p._n 66._o whether_o there_o be_v and_o be_v giant_n and_o whence_o have_v they_o their_o original_n p._n 67._o of_o the_o good_a and_o of_o the_o bad_a that_o come_v by_o venery_n p._n 68_o finis_fw-la