Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	end_n	good_a	4,105	5	3.5529	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20229	A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ...	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 6649.7; ESTC S4601	24,399	66

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