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	sin_n	world_n	4,381	5	4.8047	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04936	On the much lamented death of the valiant Major William Cockburn, who died at Stonie-flet, June 6. 1683. A funeral elegie / N. Paterson.	Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.	1683 (1683)	Wing P698; ESTC R181523	1,373	1

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