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	love_n	love_v	14,009	5	6.7932	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47633	The censure of the Rota on Mr. Driden's Conquest of Granada.	Leigh, Richard, 1649 or 50-1728.	1673 (1673)	Wing L1018; ESTC R21215	9,477	24

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