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	soul_n	8,654	5	4.7175	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12772	Amoretti and Epithalamion. Written not long since by Edmunde Spenser	Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.	1595 (1595)	STC 23076; ESTC S111260	28,803	136

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