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	life_n	see_v	6,026	5	3.2802	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77394	A Brief anatomie of women: being an invective against, and apologie for the bad and good of that sexe.		1653 (1653)	Wing B4524; Thomason E722_2; ESTC R207228	5,478	8

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