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
A55745	A paradox against liberty written by the Lords, during their imprisonment in the Tower a poem.	Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683.; Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.; Salisbury, James Cecil, Earl of, d. 1683.; Wharton, Philip Wharton, Baron, 1613-1696.	1679 (1679)	Wing P330; ESTC R5967	3,596	4

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