Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	good_a	gracious_a	great_a	426	4	2.1095	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36702	Threnodia augustalis a funeral-pindarique sacred to the happy memory of King Charles II / by John Dryden.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1685 (1685)	Wing D2383; ESTC R121	7,310	28

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