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	soul_n	6,945	5	5.0141	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43222	Paradoxical assertions and philosophical problems full of delight and recreation for all ladies and youthful fancies by R.H.	Heath, Robert, fl. 1636-1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing H1341; ESTC R20567	44,671	122

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