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	life_n	live_v	4,791	5	5.2156	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10262	Hadassa: or The history of Queene Ester with meditations thereupon, diuine and morall. By Fra. Quarles.	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.	1621 (1621)	STC 20546; ESTC S115479	30,717	72

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