Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	ancient_a	antiquity_n	great_a	36	3	2.1273	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70100	Voyages and travels over all Europe Containing all that is most curious in that part of the world. In eight tomes. Done out of French.	Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720.	1693 (1693)	Wing F726; ESTC R216771	137,558	320

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