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	world_n	7,489	5	4.6442	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57182	A discourse of the vanity of the creature by a person of honour.	Radnor, John Robartes, Earl of, 1606-1685.	1673 (1673)	Wing R131; ESTC R17178	11,133	32

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