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	lord_n	soul_n	13,508	5	5.1021	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81881	The vanity of human respects. In a sermon. / By William Darel.	Darrell, William, 1651-1721.	1688 (1688)	Wing D269B; ESTC R175904	10,543	27

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