Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	dram_n	half_a	ounce_n	8,672	5	10.2661	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55895	The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey translated out of Latin and compared with the French. by Tho: Johnson. Whereunto are added three tractates our of Adrianus Spigelius of the veines, arteries, & nerves, with large figures. Also a table of the bookes and chapters	Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.; Johnson, Thomas, d. 1644.; Spiegel, Adriaan van de, 1578-1625. De humani corporis fabrica. English. Selections. aut; J. G.	1665 (1665)	Wing P350; ESTC R216891	1,609,895	846

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