Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	anthony_n	battle_n	crassus_n	100	3	16.3131	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55203	The fourth volume of Plutarch's Lives Translated from the Greek, by several hands.; Lives. English. Vol. IV.	Plutarch.	1693 (1693)	Wing P2639A; ESTC R217668	373,128	844

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