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	year_n	5,578	5	4.7612	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35783	The amours of the Count de Dunois made English.; Comte de Dunois. English	Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683.	1675 (1675)	Wing D1187; ESTC R13980	64,626	168

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