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	son_n	7,972	5	5.0682	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59443	Psyche a tragedy / written by Tho. Shadwell.	Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.; Molière, 1622-1673. Psyché.; Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677.; Draghi, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1640-1708.	1675 (1675)	Wing S2866; ESTC R22616	40,888	96

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