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	good_a	great_a	5,821	5	2.7419	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39786	Some thoughts concerning the affairs of this session of Parliament. 1700	Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.	1700 (1700)	Wing F1297A; ESTC R222664	8,455	32

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