Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	king_n	life_n	year_n	6,149	5	4.8794	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89691	A meditation of life and death Translated with some alterations out of the works of the learned and ingenious Eusebius Nierembergius.	Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658.	1682 (1682)	Wing N1150; ESTC R231382	13,161	54

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