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
A54763	In memory of Our Late Most Gracious Lady, Mary, Queen of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland a poem / by John Phillips.	Phillips, John, 1631-1706.	1695 (1695)	Wing P2086; ESTC R1621	2,694	14

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