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	time_n	10,018	5	3.6095	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36291	A miscellania of morall, theologicall and philosophicall sentances [sic] worthy observation.; Polydoron	Done, John.; Donne, John, 1604-1662.	1650 (1650)	Wing D1857; ESTC R14930	35,703	226

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