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	soul_n	23,154	5	5.3621	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35201	An elegie upon the death of the Right Honourable Anne, Countesse of Shrewsbury by J.C., Gentleman.	Crouch, John, fl. 1660-1681.	1657 (1657)	Wing C7295; ESTC R21037	4,341	11

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