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
A65330	The Way to heaven in a string, or, Mr. A--'s argument burlesqu'd a poem. Canto I.		1700 (1700)	Wing W1169; ESTC R10590	3,813	12

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