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	soul_n	spirit_n	17,497	5	5.6554	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08015	The vnfortunate traueller. Or, The life of Iacke Wilton. Tho. Nashe	Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601.	1594 (1594)	STC 18380; ESTC S110123	82,351	108

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