Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	glory_n	life_n	live_v	7,143	5	5.5731	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04460	[The] manner of performing the Novena, or, The nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius: of the Society of Jesus, and apostle of India. As also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint.	Brown, Levinius, 1671-1764.; Scarisbrike, Edward, 1639-1709.	1690 (1690)	Wing M459B; ESTC R229394	36,323	117

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