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	time_n	14,269	5	4.0958	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33907	The difference between the present and future state of our bodies considered in a sermon / by Jeremy Collier.	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1686 (1686)	Wing C5251; ESTC R23724	13,546	37

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