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	queen_n	son_n	6,739	5	5.3239	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58068	Reflections on Aristotle's treatise of poesie containing the necessary, rational, and universal rules for epick, dramatick, and the other sorts of poetry : with reflections on the works of the ancient and modern poets, and their faults noted / by R. Rapin.; Reflexions sur la Poétique d'Aristote et sur les ouvrages des poètes anciens & modernes. English	Rapin, René, 1621-1687.; Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713.	1674 (1674)	Wing R270; ESTC R10386	73,434	212

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