Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	act_n	king_n	parliament_n	4,616	5	7.4258	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55345	The life of the right honourable and religious Lady Christian[a], late Countess Dowager of Devonshire	Pomfret, Thomas, d. 1705.	1685 (1685)	Wing P2799; ESTC R3342	19,382	111

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