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
A55519	A pastoral reflection on death a poem.	Potenger, John, 1647-1733.	1691 (1691)	Wing P3027; ESTC R31943	4,532	18

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