Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	witness_n	word_n	work_n	114	3	4.6461	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35864	A dialogue between a Quaker and his neighbour in Hertford, about the murder of Mrs. Sarah Stout		1699 (1699)	Wing D1299; ESTC R213239	9,436	2

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