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	reason_n	soul_n	9,368	5	5.4761	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23740	The government of the tongue by the author of The whole duty of man, &c.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Fell, John, 1625-1686.; Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.; Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, d. 1679.; Henchman, Humphrey, 1592-1675.	1667 (1667)	Wing A1138; ESTC R4579	90,866	244

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