Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	see_v	sin_n	soul_n	9,644	5	5.1376	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39048	The execution of two persons at Tyburn for the murdering of Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the county of Middlesex late of St. Martins in the Fields. viz, Robert Green and Lawrence Hill, who were executed on Fryday the 21th of this instant Frebruary [sic], 1678/9. with an account of their deportment at the place of execution, and several other remarkable circumstances. With allowance.		1679 (1679)	Wing E3855B; ESTC R219774	2,688	8

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