Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	eternal_a	sin_n	8,153	5	4.7377	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19158	La dance machabre or Death's duell. By W.C.	Colman, Walter, d. 1645.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 5569; ESTC S108509	28,947	92

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