Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	crown_n	king_n	son_n	5,450	5	5.2450	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38620	The falshood of human virtue a moral essay / done out of French.; Fausseté des vertus humaines. English	Esprit, Mr. (Jacques), 1611-1678.	1691 (1691)	Wing E3277; ESTC R3094	107,156	314

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