Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	hold_v	year_n	young_a	34	3	5.4083	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05751	The history of the imperiall estate of the grand seigneurs their habitations, liues, titles ... gouernment and tyranny. Translated out of French by E.G. S.A.; Histoire generalle du serrail, et de la cour du Grand Seigneur, Empereur des Turcs. English	Baudier, Michel, 1589?-1645.; Baudier, Michel, 1589?-1645. Histoire de la cour du roy de la Chine. aut; Grimeston, Edward.	1635 (1635)	STC 1593; ESTC S101093	139,442	200

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