Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	assistance_n	defend_v	great_a	21	3	2.1077	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75223	An Account of the behaviour of Sir John Fenwick, at his execution on Tower-Hill; with the copy of the paper delivered by him to the sheriffs of London, &c.	Fenwick, John, Sir, 1645?-1697.	1697 (1697)	Wing A248; ESTC R204286	1,746	2

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