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	great_a	life_n	6,180	5	4.2335	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21074	Ariosto's satyres in seuen famous discourses, shewing the state, 1 Of the Court, and courtiers. 2 Of libertie, and the clergie in generall. 3 Of the Romane clergie. 4 Of marriage. 5 Of soldiers, musitians, and louers. 6 Of schoolmasters and scholers. 7 Of honor, and the happiest life. In English, by Garuis Markham.; Satires. English	Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.; Tofte, Robert, 1561-1620.; Markham, Gervase. 1568?-1637.	1608 (1608)	STC 744; ESTC S100232	98,188	118

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