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	part_n	soul_n	12,478	5	5.5318	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01053	A line of life Pointing at the immortalitie of a vertuous name.	Ford, John, 1586-ca. 1640.	1620 (1620)	STC 11162; ESTC S114264	21,399	139

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