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	time_n	year_n	7,732	5	4.6212	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39817	The vertues of that well-known and often experienced medicine Fletcher's powder	Fletcher, R. (Richard), fl. 1676-1677.	1679 (1679)	Wing F1360; ESTC R40944	5,068	8

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