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	great_a	know_v	4,387	5	3.4760	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95411	An elegy vpon the unhappy losse of the noble Earle of Essex	Twiss, Thomas.	1646 (1646)	Wing T3417; Thomason E358_12; ESTC R201159	2,403	7

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