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	king_n	year_n	13,736	5	5.1327	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90787	The natural history of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England. / By Robert Plot ...	Plot, Robert, 1640-1696.	1677 (1677)	Wing P2585; ESTC R231542	322,508	394

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