Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	broad_a	fall_v	great_a	25	3	2.1020	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36588	Albion and Albanius an opera ... / written by Mr. Dryden.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Grabu, Louis, d. 1694.	1685 (1685)	Wing D2224; ESTC R19757	20,090	41

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