Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	accomplish_v	act_n	action_n	24	3	6.2706	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29356	A letter to the parishioners of St. B.--- A.--- [St. Botolph Aldgate] shewing the use and necessity of paying Easter-offerings, now restored to the parish minister.	Brewster, Samuel, fl. 1700-1725.	1700 (1700)	Wing B4436; ESTC R1656	3,674	22

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