Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	great_a	henry_n	king_n	6,493	5	4.0484	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34826	A poem on the late civil war by Mr. Abraham Cowley.	Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.	1679 (1679)	Wing C6679; ESTC R18756	9,764	37

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