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	life_n	16,696	5	4.8534	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00303	Epictetus his manuall. And Cebes his table. Out of the Greeke originall, by Io: Healey; Manual. English	Epictetus.; Cebes, of Thebes, attributed name.; Healey, John, d. 1610.	1610 (1610)	STC 10425; ESTC S101646	30,535	178

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