Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	grant_v	great_a	160	3	2.1017	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70182	Two choice and useful treatises the one, Lux orientalis, or, An enquiry into the opinion of the Eastern sages concerning the praeexistence of souls, being a key to unlock the grand mysteries of providence in relation to mans sin and misery : the other, A discourse of truth / by the late Reverend Dr. Rust ... ; with annotations on them both.	Rust, George, d. 1670. Discourse of truth.; More, Henry, 1614-1687. Annotations upon the two foregoing treatises.; Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680. Lux orientalis.	1682 (1682)	Wing G815; Wing G833; Wing M2638; ESTC R12277	226,950	535

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nowhere_o but_o here_o in_o my_o apprehension_n they_o plain_o herein_o give_v up_o the_o cause_n and_o establish_v the_o opinion_n which_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v such_o a_o antipathy_n against_o but_o it_o be_v high_a time_n now_o to_o pass_v to_o the_o next_o chapter_n chap._n 10._o p._n 75._o to_o have_v contract_v strong_a and_o inveterate_a habit_n to_o vice_n and_o lewdness_n and_o that_o in_o various_a manner_n and_o degree_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o unbiased_a this_o must_n needs_o seem_v a_o considerable_a argument_n especial_o when_o the_o party_n thus_o irreclaimable_o profligate_v from_o their_o youth_n some_o as_o to_o one_o vice_n other_o to_o another_o be_v find_v such_o in_o equal_a circumstance_n with_o other_o and_o advantage_n to_o be_v good_a bear_v of_o the_o same_o parent_n educate_v in_o the_o same_o family_n and_o the_o like_a wherefore_o have_v the_o same_o bodily_a extraction_n and_o the_o same_o advantage_n of_o education_n what_o