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
A39149	An Elegy on the much-bewailed death of that most painful and pious minister of the Gospel Mr. Alexander Carmichel who departed this life July 27, 1676.		1676 (1676)	Wing E426A; ESTC R36140	1,552	1

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