Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	better_a	life_n	live_v	5,110	5	5.5526	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20549	A plaine and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.	1608 (1608)	STC 6959.5; ESTC S4611	122,696	160

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