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	time_n	13,446	5	4.0318	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19828	A funerall poem vppon the death of the late noble Earle of Deuonshyre	Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619.	1606 (1606)	STC 6256; ESTC S109266	6,063	23

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