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	raise_v	resurrection_n	5,547	5	8.6998	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42832	Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches and witchcraft written in a letter to the much honour'd Robert Hunt, Esq. / by J.G., a member of the Royal Society.	Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.; Hunt, Robert, Esq.	1667 (1667)	Wing G832; ESTC R16266	27,107	66

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