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	let_v	life_n	14,740	5	4.9962	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77525	The Lord Digbies speech in the House of Commons to the bill of attainder, of the Earle of Strafford, the 21 of April, 1641	Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.	1641 (1641)	Wing B4771; ESTC R20444	4,539	15

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