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	soul_n	15,929	5	5.3820	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80983	The ordinary a comedy / written by William Cartvvright ...	Cartwright, William, 1611-1643.	1651 (1651)	Wing C714; ESTC R42371	44,485	97

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