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	see_v	16,095	5	3.5035	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20051	The blacke rod, and the vvhite rod (justice and mercie,) striking, and sparing, [brace] London.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.	1630 (1630)	STC 6492.5; ESTC S326	10,452	22

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