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
A20814	Englands heroicall epistles. By Michaell Drayton; England's heroical epistles	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.	1597 (1597)	STC 7193; ESTC S111950	80,584	164

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