Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	good_a	life_n	work_n	5,604	5	5.6460	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66784	Three private meditations which being, for the most part, of publick concernment, are therefore published, by their author / George Wither.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1665 (1665)	Wing W3197; ESTC R12458	20,586	50

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