Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	live_v	love_n	9,426	5	5.6923	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20410	The shepheardes complaint A passionate eclogue, written in English hexameters: wherevnto are annexed other conceits, brieflie expressing the effects of loues impressions, and the iust punishment of aspiring beautie. By I.D.	Dickenson, John, romance writer.	1596 (1596)	STC 6820; ESTC S105354	11,229	24

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