Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	darkness_n	light_n	shadow_n	7,372	5	9.4624	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47665	The gallery of heroick women written in French by Peter Le Moyne of the Society of Jesus ; translated into English by the Marquesse of Winchester.; Gallerie des femmes fortes. English	Le Moyne, Pierre, 1602-1671.; Winchester, John Paulet, Earl of, 1598-1675.	1652 (1652)	Wing L1045; ESTC R12737	274,351	362

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