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	know_v	life_n	4,258	5	4.2561	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27305	Oroonoko, or, The royal slave : a true history / by Mrs. A. Behn.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1688 (1688)	Wing B1749; ESTC R4474	60,838	238

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