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	soul_n	spirit_n	13,009	5	5.2394	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39767	Three elegies the first to the memory of Lieutenant-General Mackay, the second to the memory of my Lord Angus, only son of the Marquis of Dowglas, the third to the memory of Lieut. Collonel Fullerton : who were all three slain at the attacque at Steekerken near Enguin ... / written by Ro. Fleming.	Fleming, Robert, 1660?-1716.	1692 (1692)	Wing F1277; ESTC R40943	4,715	14

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