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	pain_n	soul_n	8,495	5	5.3269	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29353	The merry jests of Smug the smith, or, The life and death of the merry divel of Edmonton with the pleasant pranks of Smug the smith, Sir John and mine host of the George about the stealing of venison : whereunto is added Mr. Peter's fables and Smugs ghost / by T. Brewer.	T. B. (Thomas Brewer)	1657 (1657)	Wing B4431; ESTC R30248	29,690	42

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