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	see_v	sin_n	6,414	5	4.5914	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03192	An elegy on the death of Sir Joseph Sheldon, late lord mayor of London.		1681 (1681)	Wing E382; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[145]; ESTC R36077	1,413	1

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