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	time_n	18,635	5	3.9362	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11260	A funerall elegye in memory of the late vertuous Maister VVilliam Peter of Whipton neere Excester. By W.S.; Funerall elegye in memory of the late vertuous Maister William Peter of Whipton neere Excester	W. S., fl. 1612.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, attributed name.	1612 (1612)	STC 21526; ESTC S112133	8,997	23

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