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
A85915	A letter sent from a gentleman in The Hague, to a noble and loyal earl in Scotland.	R. G.	1649 (1649)	Wing G55; Thomason E532_36; ESTC R204628	9,453	12

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