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	good_a	great_a	4,237	5	2.7854	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62263	The felicity of a Christian life by Hierome Savonarola.; De simplicitate Christianae vitae. Liber 5. English	Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.	1651 (1651)	Wing S779; ESTC R7937	21,807	82

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