Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	enemy_n	great_a	life_n	4,047	5	4.1583	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01109	A court of guard for the heart.	Taylor, Joseph.	1626 (1626)	STC 5876.5; ESTC S124214	16,679	82

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