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	time_n	15,755	5	3.9890	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19348	A New ballad intituled, The stout cripple of Cornwall wherein is shewed his dissolute life and deserued death : to the tune of The blind beggar.		1624 (1624)	STC 5772.5; ESTC S3276	1,775	2

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