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	life_n	year_n	4,245	5	4.7587	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94777	A sermon preached in the cathedrall church of Worcester the second of Febr. last being Candlemas day, at the funerall of Mris Alice Tomkins wife unto Mr Thomas Tomkins one of the gentlemen of His Majesties chappell royall. By John Toy, Master of arts and one of the petty canons of the said cathedrall church.	Toy, John, 1611-1663.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1996; Thomason E154_47	12,390	28

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