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	law_n	life_n	4,486	5	4.7566	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63901	An argument in defence of the marriage of an uncle with the daughter of his half-brother by the father's side by John Turner ...	Turner, John, b. 1649 or 50.	1686 (1686)	Wing T3301; ESTC R6144	34,383	76

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