Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	dead_a	die_v	4,346	5	5.5733	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42701	A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Edward Reynolds, D.D. Arch-Deacon of Norfolk and Rector of Kings-Thorp near Northampton / by William Gibbs ...	Gibbs, William.	1699 (1699)	Wing G668; ESTC R34914	17,370	36

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