Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	call_v	life_n	world_n	4,984	5	4.5135	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45621	A treatise of the great antidote of Van Helmont, Paracelsus and Crollius ... called the elixir proprietatis known by all physicians to be the greatest cordial and onely medicine in the world for long and sound life ... / written by J.H., a lover of truth, and made publick for the good of all people.	J. H., lover of truth.	1667 (1667)	Wing H82; ESTC R35446	11,208	15

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