Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	word_n	world_n	wretched_a	70	3	8.4241	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35180	The last testimony & declaration of the Reverend Samuel Crossman, D.D. and Dean of Bristoll setting forth his dutiful and true affection to the Church of England as by law established.	Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684.	1683 (1683)	Wing C7269; ESTC R24863	2,465	2

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