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	find_v	life_n	4,619	5	4.2629	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36981	Gloriana, funeral pindarique poem sacred to the blessed memory of that ever-admir'd and most excellent princess, our late gracious soveraign lady Queen Mary / written by T. D'Urfey.	D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.	1695 (1695)	Wing D2730; ESTC R3729	8,357	28

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