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	live_v	soul_n	18,183	5	5.6210	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02166	The repentance of Robert Greene Maister of Artes. Wherein by himselfe is laid open his loose life, with the manner of his death	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1592 (1592)	STC 12306; ESTC S119749	13,805	32

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