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	think_v	9,849	5	4.3485	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36620	Eleonora a panegyrical poem dedicated to the memory of the late Countess of Abingdon / written by Mr. Dryden.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1692 (1692)	Wing D2270; ESTC R1595	9,547	33

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