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	love_v	8,582	5	6.6638	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11826	The spiritual conflict writen in Italian by a deuout seruant of God ; and lately translated into English out of the same language.; Combattimento spirituale. English	Scupoli, Lorenzo, 1530-1610.; Gerard, John, 1564-1637.	1598 (1598)	STC 22126.3; ESTC S2874	38,794	204

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