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	know_v	life_n	5,867	5	4.6294	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29774	A description of Mr. D-n's funeral a poem.	Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1700 (1700)	Wing B5058; ESTC R12476	5,424	13

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