Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woeful_a	world_n	wretched_a	34	3	7.7425	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50924	Paradise lost a poem in twelve books / the author John Milton.	Milton, John, 1608-1674.	1674 (1674)	Wing M2144; ESTC R13351	166,940	342

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