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	time_n	year_n	9,302	5	4.9795	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41030	The character of the last daies a sermon preached before the King / by John Fell.	Fell, John, 1625-1686.	1675 (1675)	Wing F607; ESTC R6424	13,719	28

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