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	see_v	6,945	5	3.3693	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91576	An elegie on the most reverend & learned James Vsher L. Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland; who departed this life March 21. 1655. / Written by John Quarles.	Quarles, John, 1624-1665.	1656 (1656)	Wing Q126; Thomason E1643_2; ESTC R203344	2,441	14

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