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	king_n	lord_n	4,363	5	3.8293	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42732	The right honourable, Pourtraid. Or, the vizard taken off pretenders With perswasive reasons to allure the will, and reduce mens actiosn to obtain the title. As also a set boundary to the honour of saints departed. By Samuel Gilbert, Philalēthḗd.	Gilbert, Samuel, d. 1692?; White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.	1693 (1693)	Wing G718; ESTC R223675	16,536	72

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