Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	heaven_n	life_n	lord_n	6,482	5	3.5158	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07380	True newes from [Mecare:] and also out of Worcestershire	Drucateen, James.	1598 (1598)	STC 17764; ESTC S114539	5,910	9

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