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	life_n	world_n	9,869	5	4.4022	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10362	Sir Walter Raleighs instructions to his sonne and to posterity; Instructions to his son and to posterity	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.	1632 (1632)	STC 20641.5; ESTC S940	9,884	109

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