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	power_n	soul_n	8,115	5	4.8720	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25209	A sermon upon the wonderful deliverance by His Majesty from assassination, the nation from invasion by Vin. Alsop.	Alsop, Vincent, 1629 or 30-1703.	1696 (1696)	Wing A2911; ESTC R23666	37,849	39

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