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	bone_n	flesh_n	7,592	5	7.5037	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71058	De sepultura by Sr. Henry Spelman, Knight.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.	1641 (1641)	Wing S4924; ESTC R19887	21,282	44

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