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	life_n	power_n	8,112	5	4.8589	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29558	The Lord Digby his last speech against the Earle of Strafford occasioned upon the reading the bill of attainder touching the point of treason.; Last speech against the Earle of Strafford	Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.	1641 (1641)	Wing B4767; ESTC R7473	4,552	23

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