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	great_a	life_n	9,573	5	4.2493	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66059	A sermon preached before the King upon the twenty seventh of February, 1669/70 by John Lord Bishop of Chester.	Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.	1670 (1670)	Wing W2210; ESTC R10977	9,714	38

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