Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bear_v	die_v	life_n	6,629	5	4.5229	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39198	An Elegy upon the death of that most eminent disputant Mr. Jeremy Ives of London who departed this life the 21[st] of October, 1675.		1675 (1675)	Wing E469D; ESTC R36265	2,177	1

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