Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	book_n	life_n	write_v	4,779	5	6.1891	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16632	Almansor the learned and victorious king that conquered Spaine. His life and death published by Robert Ashley, out of the librarie of the Uniuersitie of Oxford.; Verdadera historia del rey Don Rodrigo. Part 2. English. Selections	Luna, Miguel de, 16th/17th cent.; Ashley, Robert, 1565-1641.	1627 (1627)	STC 354; ESTC S100094	34,400	96

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