Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	body_n	nourish_v	4,202	5	10.3646	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04577	Essaies, or rather Imperfect offers, by Rob. Iohnson Gent. Seene and allowed	Johnson, Robert, fl. 1586-1626.	1601 (1601)	STC 14695; ESTC S107838	31,193	114

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