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
B08379	An answer to the protestation of the nineteen Lords against the rejecting of the impeachment of Mr. Fitz-Harris		1681 (1681)	Wing A3438A; ESTC R172370	7,891	12

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