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
A43056	Remarks on some eminent passages in the life of the famed Mr. Blood in a letter to a person of quality, written upon the occasion of the late tryall, relating to His Grace the Duke of Buckingham.	R. H.	1680 (1680)	Wing H111; ESTC R227922	15,419	16

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