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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59569	A sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall on Easter-Day, March 27, 1692 by the Most Reverend Father of God, John, Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Metropolitan.	Sharp, John, 1645-1714.	1692 (1692)	Wing S2997; ESTC R10735	12,701	34

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