Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	end_n	life_n	put_v	4,097	5	4.7885	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65312	A sermon preached July 2, at the funeral of Mr. John Wells late pastor of Olave-Jury, London by Thomas Watson ...	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1676 (1676)	Wing W1143; ESTC R9175	13,834	40

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