Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bring_v	day_n	life_n	5,187	5	4.3318	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47743	An essay concerning the divine right of tythes by the author of The snake in the grass.	Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.	1700 (1700)	Wing L1132; ESTC R11457	102,000	292

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