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
A40373	A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien with an answer to the Spanish memorial against it, and arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots and protect it : to which is added a description of the countrey, and a particular account of the Scots colony.	Philo-Caledon.; Ridpath, George, d. 1726.; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.; Foyer, Archibald.	1699 (1699)	Wing F2047; ESTC R18505	46,261	66

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