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	time_n	7,189	5	3.3349	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51341	More haste than good speed, or, The Devil's got a horse-back being a winding-sheet for weathercocks and the turn-coats of the times : with the tryal of the Lord Kill-devil ... with divers others, and the arraignment and conviction of several malefactors.		1659 (1659)	Wing M2703A; ESTC R31039	4,366	9

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