Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	die_v	life_n	15,052	5	4.9534	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00464	[Orpheus his iourney to hell and his musicke to the ghosts]	R. B., fl. 1595.	1595 (1595)	STC 1060; ESTC S110414	10,667	25

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