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	time_n	15,510	5	3.8067	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87113	An elegie upon the death of the mirrour of magnanimity, the right Honourable Robert Lord Brooke Lord Generall of the forces of the counties of VVarwick, and Stafford, who was slain by a musket shot at the siege of Liechfield, the second day of March, 1642.	Harington, Henry, fl. 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing H769; Thomason 669.f.6[119]; ESTC R212625	1,438	1

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