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	see_v	sin_n	4,501	5	4.8128	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58474	Religion, the only happiness a poem : in a letter to a friend.	Dawes, William, Sir, 1671-1724.	1694 (1694)	Wing R903; ESTC R12713	9,798	38

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