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	great_a	soul_n	12,147	5	5.0848	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29887	An ode on the death of William, Duke of Gloucester by W.B. of St. John's, Oxon.	W. B. (William Browne)	1700 (1700)	Wing B5187; ESTC R4794	4,960	16

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