Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	father_n	son_n	year_n	7,861	5	4.9160	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65802	The state of the future life, and the present's order to it consider'd by Tho. White, Gent.	White, Thomas, 1593-1676.	1654 (1654)	Wing W1842; ESTC R15645	17,794	128

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