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	live_v	lord_n	4,582	5	3.7371	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05023	Familiar letters. Vol. I. Written by the Right Honourable John, late Earl of Rochester, to the Honble Henry Savile, Esq; and other letters, by persons of honour and quality. With letters written by the most ingenious Mr. Thomas Otway, and Mrs. K. Phillips. Publish'd from their original copies. With modern letters, by Tho. Cheek, Esq; Mr. Dennis, and Mr. Brown.	Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.; Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683.; Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.; Cheek, Thomas.; Phillips, Katherine, fl. 1658.; Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.; Ayloffe, W. (William).	1699 (1699)	Wing R1745A; ESTC R182831	73,342	242

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