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	life_n	power_n	7,240	5	5.0896	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30743	Hudibras written in the time of the late wars.	Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.	1663 (1663)	Wing B6296; ESTC R7750	45,116	128

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