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	live_v	sin_n	15,494	5	5.7006	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43048	The passing bell by James Harwood.	Harwood, James.	1655 (1655)	Wing H1100; ESTC R28063	8,145	26

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