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
A52788	The life and death of Pomponius Atticus written by his contemporary and acquaintance Cornelius Nepos ; translated out of his fragments, together with observations, political and moral, thereupon.; Atticus. English	Nepos, Cornelius.	1677 (1677)	Wing N427; ESTC R3408	79,059	268

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