Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	age_n	die_v	year_n	5,152	5	5.0012	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96701	The Muses cabinet, stored with variety of poems, both pleasant and profitable. / By W.W.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1655 (1655)	Wing W3067; Thomason E1479_5; ESTC R208734	17,312	55

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