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	sin_n	soul_n	27,664	5	5.3490	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70941	The dutiful advice of a loving sonne, to his aged father	Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.	1650 (1650)	Wing R160; ESTC R9131	5,339	18

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