Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	body_n	great_a	part_n	6,429	4	4.3809	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43902	The history of Nicerotis a pleasant novel.		1685 (1685)	Wing H2128; ESTC R217000	43,067	103

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