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	life_n	see_v	8,453	5	3.5430	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04113	A lamentable ballad of fair Rosamond, King Henry the Second's concubine, who was put to death by Queen Elinor, in the famous bower of Woodstock, near Oxford. To the tune of, Flying fame, &c.		1659 (1659)	Wing L255A; ESTC R179931	2,298	1

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