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	sin_n	13,827	5	4.6650	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05468	The dutifull advice of a loving sonne to his aged father	Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.	1632 (1632)	STC 156.3; ESTC S106406	5,533	55

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