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
A55279	Poems to the memory of that incomparable poet Edmond Waller Esquire by several hands.	Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.; Cotton, John, Sir, 1621-1701.	1688 (1688)	Wing P2724; ESTC R17154	6,887	32

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