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	sin_n	6,507	5	5.1003	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10516	The old mans staffe two sermons shewing the onely way to a comfortable old age, preached in Saint Maries in Douer by Iohn Reading.	Reading, John, 1588-1667.	1621 (1621)	STC 20792; ESTC S115679	21,817	38

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