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	year_n	7,417	5	4.9417	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36728	A panegyrick to the memory of His Grace Frederick, late Duke of Schonberg ... by H. de Luzancy ...; Abbregé de la vie de Frédéric duc de Schomberg. English	De Luzancy, H. C. (Hippolyte du Chastelet), d. 1713.	1690 (1690)	Wing D2417A; ESTC R4165	11,362	42

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