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
A64596	The Upright lives of the heathen briefly noted, or, Epistles and discourses betwixt Alexander the Conqueror and Dindimus King of the Brachmans giving an account what sort of people they are, their divinity and philosophy, with their manner of living, &c. : collected together, and published for a general service.		1683 (1683)	Wing U120; ESTC R33718	6,417	12

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