Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	bright_a	find_v	good_a	35	3	2.1266	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12340	A congratulatory poem upon the noble feast made by the ancient and renouned families of the Smiths		1680 (1680)	STC 22654; ESTC S101964	2,872	1

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