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	end_n	life_n	8,116	5	4.5798	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70800	The present state of the empire of Morocco with a faithful account of the manners, religion, and government of that people / by Monsieur de St. Olon.	Pidou de Saint-Olon, Monsieur (François), 1646-1720.; Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718.	1695 (1695)	Wing P2159; ESTC R24510	66,725	261

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