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
A40875	The sacrifice a tragedy / by the Honorable Sir Francis Fane.	Fane, Francis, Sir, d. 1689?	1687 (1687)	Wing F412; ESTC R29807	41,628	88

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