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
A23713	A discourse concerning the period of humane life, whether mutable or immutable by the author of The duty of man laid down in express words of Scripture.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; R. E.	1677 (1677)	Wing A1110; ESTC R7660	41,105	158

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