Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	abandon_v	draw_v	evil_n	18	3	9.3150	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59619	Miscellany essays upon philosophy, history, poetry, morality, humanity, gallantry &c. / by Monsieur de St. Evremont ; done into English by Mr. Brown.	Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.; Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1694 (1694)	Wing S306_VARIANT; ESTC R27567	181,183	477

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