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
A76457	Ezekiel's prophesie parallel'd: or, The desire of the eyes taken away Delivered in a sermon, preach'd at the funerals of the most virtuous Mrs Elizabeth Cole, wife to Robert Cole Esquire, at Wye in Kent, Nov. 26. MDCLI. By Samuel Barnard, Doctor in Divinity.	Bernard, Samuel, 1590 or 91-1657.	1652 (1652)	Wing B2037A; ESTC R231035	15,530	38

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rob_n ti_o cole_n arm_v ri_o timon_n thei_o thornhill_n 〈◊〉_d filia_fw-la unica_fw-la quae_fw-la animam_fw-la puerpera_fw-la creatori_fw-la svo_fw-la religiosè_fw-la reddidit_fw-la 14._o novemb_n an._n don_n 1651._o aetatis_fw-la 3●_n conjugii_fw-la 10._o reliquit_fw-la filiam_fw-la janam_fw-la annorum_fw-la oct_n filium_fw-la richardum_fw-la qui_fw-la mox_fw-la ab_fw-la ubere_fw-la raptus_fw-la in_fw-la sinu_fw-la matris_fw-la conquiescit_fw-la cujus_fw-la dulci_fw-la memoriae_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la minùs_fw-la acerbae_fw-la eo_fw-la magis_fw-la acerbae_fw-la quia_fw-la maximè_fw-la dulci_fw-la tristissimus_fw-la maritus_fw-la sociale_a marmoravit_fw-la mnemosynum_fw-la to_o my_o most_o honour_a friend_n robert_n cole_n of_o addington_n in_o surrey_n esquire_n noble_a sir_n i_o be_o very_o sensible_a how_o deep_a a_o wound_n the_o take_v away_o of_o she_o who_o be_v the_o desire_n of_o your_o eye_n make_v in_o your_o breast_n and_o therefore_o i_o have_v be_v very_o unwilling_a 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church_n eph._n 5._o 25._o 25._o eph._n ●_o 25._o when_o god_n will_v express_v his_o love_n and_o

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