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	great_a	7,201	5	3.0619	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49634	The Last dying words and execution of Jonathan Tue, and John Richardson, who were this 17th day of September, executed at Tyburn also an account of their behaviour in Newgate after sentence, to the day of execution.		1684 (1684)	Wing L483; ESTC R41454	3,287	4

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