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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48314	A moniter of mortalitie in two sermons, by a consideration of the manifold and uncertaine surprizalls of death, guiding the pace and passages of a temporall life, towards the obtainement of life eternall, occasioned by the death of that hopefull young gentleman John Archer Esquire, sonne and heir to Sir Simon Archer, Knight of Warwickshiere and by the death of Mistris Harpur, a grave and godly matron, (wife to Mr. Henry Harpur of the city of Chester,) and of the death of their religious daughter Phabe Harper, a child of about 12 years of age / by Iohn Ley.	Ley, John, 1583-1662.	1643 (1643)	Wing L1884; ESTC R228694	42,269	56

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blood-guilty_a as_o his_o heart_n and_o to_o cut_v he_o short_a of_o his_o hand-breadth_n and_o to_o lengthen_v their_o measure_n as_o long_o as_o he_o list_v there_o be_v a_o proverb_n which_o oftentimes_o prove_v a_o truth_n that_o threaten_v man_n live_v long_o for_o even_o isaac_n who_o die_v soon_a live_v about_o 50._o year_n beyond_o this_o and_o it_o be_v as_o true_a without_o a_o proverb_n that_o threaten_a man_n may_v die_v soon_o that_o other_o may_v live_v not_o only_o the_o more_o safe_o without_o hurt_n but_o the_o more_o secure_o without_o fear_n of_o such_o the_o prophet_n david_n have_v forefaid_a that_o they_o shall_v not_o live_v out_o half_a their_o day_n psalm_n