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	world_n	year_n	122	3	4.4799	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73899	The auncient history of the Septuagint. VVritten in Greeke, by Aristeus 1900. yeares since. Of his voyage to Hierusalem, as ambassador from Ptolomeus Philadelphus, vnto Eleazer then pontiffe of the Iewes. Concerning the first translation of the Holy Bible, by the 72. interpreters. With many other remarkable circumstances. Newly done into English by I. Done; Letter of Aristeas. English.	Done, John.	1633 (1633)	STC 750.5; ESTC S122439	62,988	230

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