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	life_n	think_v	5,509	5	4.3139	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60752	Solon secundus: or, Some defects in the English laws with their proper remedies. By a hearty lover of his country.	Hearty lover of his country.	1695 (1695)	Wing S4463; ESTC R221573	20,620	36

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