Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	cause_n	good_a	life_n	4,640	5	4.5822	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47277	Politikos megas the grand politician, or, The secret art of state-policy discovered in evident demonstrations of unparalleled prudence, and confirmed with wonderful and successful adventures, stratagems and exploits of wisdom and subtility, both in peace and war, by the most remarkable witts of former ages : being a treatise both useful and necessary for all nobles, states-men, judges, lawyers justices of peace, officers of wars, and all such as now are, or may happen to stand at the helm of publick affairs, whether in kingdom or commonwealth / written originally in Latin by Conradus Reinking, Chancellour ot His Electoral Highness the Duke of Brandenburg, and now done into English by a careful hand.	Reinking, Conradus.; Ker, Patrick, fl. 1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing K342A; ESTC R32439	61,144	171

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the_o faction_n upon_o some_o embassy_n or_o some_o such_o pretence_n but_o in_o this_o case_n there_o be_v one_o caution_n to_o be_v observe_v viz._n that_o the_o prince_n as_o i_o have_v say_v be_v not_o more_o bias_v to_o one_o side_n than_o the_o other_o otherways_o a_o great_a many_o inconvenience_n will_v incur_v intrigue_n lxxiv_o how_o to_o suppress_v sedition_n by_o force_n if_o of_o two_o factious_a party_n one_o shall_v dare_v with_o downright_a sauciness_n or_o secret_a treachery_n to_o control_v the_o king_n authority_n let_v the_o prince_n join_v himself_o to_o the_o other_o side_n and_o become_v their_o head_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n when_o it_o can_v otherwise_o be_v let_v he_o be_v avenge_v by_o force_n of_o their_o treachery_n and_o faction_n intrigue_n lxxv_o how_o to_o suppress_v sedition_n by_o force_n of_o arms._n when_o two_o faction_n bear_v not_o only_a ill-will_n to_o one_o another_o but_o to_o the_o prince_n likewise_o than_o the_o prince_n can_v suppress_v 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