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
A55529	The woman as good as the man, or, The equallity of both sexes written originally in French and translated into English by A.L.; De l'égalité des deux sexes. English. 1677	Poulain de La Barre, François, 1647-1723.; A. L.	1677 (1677)	Wing P3038; ESTC R35373	70,496	218

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