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	eternal_a	life_n	13,347	5	4.9974	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26833	A sermon preach'd before the Queen in Christ-Church, Canterbury, May iv. 1694 by John Battely ...	Battely, John, 1647-1708.	1694 (1694)	Wing B1151; ESTC R11113	9,154	27

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