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	soul_n	world_n	5,481	5	4.5540	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39193	An elegy upon the death of Mrs. A. Behn the incomparable Astrea / by a young lady of quality.	Young lady of quality.	1689 (1689)	Wing E467A; ESTC R34877	1,871	1

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