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	flesh_n	live_v	4,655	5	5.5646	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02053	Nevves from Graues-end sent to nobody.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.	1604 (1604)	STC 12199; ESTC S105779	18,188	48

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