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	know_v	life_n	7,935	5	4.3038	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30652	Colonel Joseph Bamfield's Apologie written by himself and printed at his desire.	Bampfield, Joseph, fl. 1639-1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing B618; ESTC R16264	58,236	72

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