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	true_a	4,445	5	4.7126	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50580	Memoires of the life of Anthony, late Earl of Shaftsbury with a speech of the English consul at Amsterdam concerning him, and a letter from a burger there about his death.		1683 (1683)	Wing M1671; ESTC R902	11,863	12

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