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
A93964	A strange and lamentable account of a bloody barbarous murther, committed by William Close,.		1693 (1693)	Wing S5819A; ESTC R184670	1,416	1

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