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	live_v	sin_n	27,888	5	5.5903	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66603	A discourse of religion shewing its truth and reality, or, The suitableness of religion to humane nature by William Wilson ...	Wilson, William, Rector of Morley.	1694 (1694)	Wing W2953; ESTC R13694	77,545	146

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