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
A03935	Scala perfecc[i]onis; Scale of perfection. English	Hilton, Walter, d. 1396.	1494 (1494)	STC 14042; ESTC S106485	198,560	268

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