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	time_n	year_n	9,015	5	4.8371	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38503	The life, and philosophy, of Epictetus with The embleme of humane life, by Cebes / rendred into English, by John Davies of Kidwelly.; Vie d'Epictète et sa philosophe. English	Boileau, Gilles, 1631-1669.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.; Epictetus. Selections. English.	1670 (1670)	Wing E3152; ESTC R873	61,390	238

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