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	life_n	10,536	5	4.7272	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93461	The souldiers manual, or, Directions, prayers, and ejaculations for such as lead a military life. By A member of the Athenian Society.	Member of the Athenian Society.	1694 (1694)	Wing S4426A; ESTC R184342	12,359	24

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