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	die_v	end_n	4,289	5	5.3574	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15623	Abuses stript, and whipt. Or Satirical essayes. By George Wyther. Diuided into two bookes	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1613 (1613)	STC 25892; ESTC S120210	147,978	333

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