Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	law_n	life_n	power_n	7,966	5	5.2131	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37469	The late Lord Russel's case wih observations upon it written by the Right Honourable Henry Lord De la Mere.	Warrington, Henry Booth, Earl of, 1652-1694.	1689 (1689)	Wing D878; ESTC R27291	13,386	17

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