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	world_n	13,510	5	4.9137	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51703	Of holy living first a serious exhortation thereunto : secondly choice directions therein, both for every working and for every Lords-day.	Mall, Thomas, b. 1629 or 30.	1668 (1668)	Wing M335; ESTC R6533	19,287	67

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