Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	able_a	court_n	great_a	26	3	2.1295	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28906	The history of Cang-Hy, the present emperour of China pesented [sic] to the Most Christian King / by Father J. Bouvet, of the Society of Jesus and missionary into China.; Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine. English	Bouvet, Joachim, 1656-1730.; Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713?	1699 (1699)	Wing B3861; ESTC R19507	51,542	114

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