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	think_v	time_n	4,367	5	3.6997	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35159	Justice the best support to government, or, A brief account of some publick transactions during the late war	Crosfeild, Robert.	1697 (1697)	Wing C7246; ESTC R32378	15,737	36

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