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	time_n	year_n	5,388	5	4.9453	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45068	The humble petition of the Protestants of France to the French-King, to recall his declaration for taking their children from them at the age of seven years		1681 (1681)	Wing H3576; ESTC R659	5,012	4

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