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	soul_n	union_n	7,019	5	9.6724	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25684	Aphorismi Urbigerani, or, Certain rules, clearly demonstrating the three infallible ways of preparing the grand elixir, or circulatum majus of the philosophers discovering the secret of secrets, and detecting the errors of vulgar chymists in their operations : contain'd in one hundred and one aphorisms, to which are added The three ways of preparing the vegetable elixir, or, Circulatum minus / all deduc'd from never-erring experience by Baro Urbigerus ...	Urbigerus, Baro.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691.	1690 (1690)	Wing A3528; ESTC R35727	20,949	96

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the_o fix_a you_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o make_v any_o perfect_a union_n between_o these_o two_o subject_n contrary_a in_o quality_n tho'_o not_o in_o nature_n fourteen_o before_o you_o begin_v your_o destillation_n and_o cohobation_n after_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o vegetable_a spirit_n to_o its_o own_o salt_n a_o putrefaction_n of_o eight_o or_o ten_o day_n be_v to_o precede_v during_o which_o time_n the_o sulphureous_a spirit_n strengthen_v by_o the_o bituminous_a matter_n and_o find_v its_o salt_n fir_n for_o conjunction_n with_o it_o have_v the_o power_n to_o enter_v into_o its_o pore_n to_o facilitate_v its_o volatilization_n and_o union_n xv._o if_o after_o six_o or_o seven_o destillation_n and_o cohobation_n of_o the_o distil_v upon_o the_o remainder_n you_o do_v not_o find_v your_o spirit_n to_o be_v extreme_o sharp_a and_o the_o remainder_n in_o the_o bottom_n altogether_o insipid_a it_o will_v be_v a_o evident_a sign_n that_o you_o fail_v in_o the_o true_a 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put_v coral_n into_o this_o menstruum_fw-la you_o will_v see_v a_o admirable_a experiment_n for_o althô_o its_o pore_n be_v compacter_n than_o in_o any_o other_o vegetable_a yet_o it_o will_v on_o a_o sudden_a transmit_v its_o internal_a spirit_n into_o the_o menstruum_fw-la and_o send_v its_o soul_n and_o body_n like_o a_o blood-red_a oil_n to_o the_o top_n will_v at_o last_o fall_n to_o the_o bottom_n like_o a_o grayish_a excrement_n xxii_o if_o myrrh_n aloe_n and_o saffron_n of_o each_o a_o equal_a quantity_n be_v put_v into_o this_o menstruum_fw-la the_o true_a elixir_n proprietatis_fw-la as_o paracelsus_n term_v it_o which_o be_v a_o most_o excellent_a cordial_n and_o almost_o of_o as_o great_a efficacy_n and_o virtue_n as_o the_o universal_a elixir_n itself_o in_o cure_v all_o curable_a distemper_n will_v present_o swim_v on_o the_o top_n and_o its_o caput_fw-la mortuum_n will_v separate_v itself_o into_o the_o bottom_n xxiii_o this_o vegetable_a menstruum_fw-la dissolve_v not_o 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