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	know_v	life_n	7,850	5	4.5045	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55926	A third letter concerning toleration in defense of The argument of the letter concerning toleration, briefly consider'd and answer'd.	Proast, Jonas.	1691 (1691)	Wing P3539; ESTC R26905	76,552	84

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