Selected quad for the lemma: body_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	old_a	yield_v	youth_n	26	3	8.5114	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33618	Cardan his Three books of consolation English'd ...; De consolatione. English	Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.	1683 (1683)	Wing C490; ESTC R13031	35,955	168

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