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
A18733	A feast full of sad cheere vvhere griefes are all on heape: where sollace is full deere, and sorrowes are good cheape.	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1592 (1592)	STC 5231; ESTC S104981	9,770	20

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