Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	daughter_n	earl_n	marry_v	4,628	5	9.3121	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67329	An account of the Islands of Orkney by James Wallace ... ; to which is added an essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.	Wallace, James, d. 1688.; Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722. Essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.	1700 (1700)	Wing W491; ESTC R34706	63,791	200

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