Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	age_n	die_v	year_n	6,258	5	4.9578	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62320	The unexpected choice a novel / by Monsieur Scarron ; rendred into English, with addition and advantage, by John Davies of Kidwelly.; Châtinient de l'avarice. English	Scarron, Monsieur, 1610-1660.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1670 (1670)	Wing S837; ESTC R13680	49,891	277

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