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
A43397	An elegie vpon the death of Thomas, Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland vvho was beheaded upon Tower-Hill, the 12 of May, 1641 / by Thomas Herbert.	Herbert, Thomas, 1597-1642?	1641 (1641)	Wing H1528; ESTC R10577	3,659	9

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