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	life_n	see_v	9,943	5	3.4753	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07129	Youths instruction. Composed and written by William Martyn Esquire. Recorder of the honourable citie of Exeter	Martyn, William, 1562-1617.	1612 (1612)	STC 17530; ESTC S102312	67,049	142

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