Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	fit_a	young_a	youth_n	20	3	7.8286	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51725	Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus written in Italian by the learned Marquesse Virgilio Malvezzi ; dedicated to the Serenissimo Ferdinand the Second, Great Duke of Thuscany ; and translated into English by Sir Richard Baker, Knight.; Discorsi sopra Cornelio Tacito. English	Malvezzi, Virgilio, marchese, 1595-1653.; Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing M359; ESTC R13322	256,112	410

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mother_n bersabe●…_n live_v of_o who_o he_o scorn_v not_o to_o be_v teach_v as_o himself_o in_o the_o proverb_n say_v filius_fw-la fui_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la tenellus_fw-la &_o vnigenitus_fw-la coram_fw-la matre_fw-la mea_fw-la &_o docebat_fw-la i_o atque_fw-la dicebat_fw-la suscipiat_fw-la verba_fw-la mea_fw-la cor_fw-la tuum_fw-la custodi_fw-la praecepta_fw-la mea_fw-la &_o vives_fw-la and_o therefore_o s._n chrysostome_n upon_o s._n john_n say_v nihil_fw-la potentius_fw-la muliere_fw-la bona_fw-la ad_fw-la instituendum_fw-la &_o informandum_fw-la virum_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la voluerit_fw-la neque_fw-la tam_fw-la leniter_fw-la anticos_fw-la nec_fw-la magistros_fw-la patietur_fw-la ut_fw-la conjugem_fw-la admonentem_fw-la atque_fw-la consulentem_fw-la habet_fw-la enim_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la admonitio_fw-la uxoria_fw-la cum_fw-la plurimum_fw-la amet_fw-la cui_fw-la consulit_fw-la multos_fw-la possum_fw-la afferre_fw-la viros_fw-la asperos_fw-la &_o immites_fw-la 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