Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	age_n	friend_n	great_a	85	3	2.1336	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27304	The lucky mistake a new novel / written by Mrs. A. Behn.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1745; ESTC R29014	34,839	123

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