Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	know_v	life_n	lord_n	8,945	5	3.7338	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43697	A sermon preach'd before the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, June 27, 1680 by Charles Hickman ...	Hickman, Charles, 1648-1713.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1895; ESTC R18596	14,790	42

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a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o lord_n mayor_n and_o court_n of_o alderman_n june_n 27._o 1680._o by_o charles_n hickman_n student_n of_o christ-church_n in_o oxford_n and_o chaplain_n to_o his_o grace_n the_o duke_n of_o southampton_n london_n print_v for_o henry_n brome_n at_o the_o gun_n in_o s._n paul_n churchyard_n 1680._o clayton_n mayor_n curia_fw-la special_a tent_n die_v dominico_n quarto_fw-la die_fw-la julij_fw-la 1680._o regni_fw-la annoque_fw-la regis_fw-la caroli_n secundi_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n xxxii_o this_o court_n do_v desire_n mr._n hickman_n to_o print_v his_o sermon_n preach_v on_o this_o day_n seven-night_n at_o the_o guild-hall_n chappel_n before_o the_o lord_n mayor_n and_o alderman_n of_o this_o city_n wagstaff_n to_o the_o right_n honourable_a srs._n robert_n clayton_n lord_z mayor_z since_o your_o lordship_n have_v sentence_v this_o discourse_n to_o the_o press_n i_o shall_v no_o long_o dispute_v your_o command_n but_o according_a to_o the_o 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