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	live_v	11,751	5	5.4421	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66692	The Essex champion, or, The famous history of Sir Billy of Billerecay and his squire Ricardo	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1690 (1690)	Wing W3059A_VARIANT; ESTC R40711	94,132	73

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