Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	eternal_a	promise_n	4,611	5	7.0069	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21445	The Capucin treated, or The lives of the Capucins with the life of S. Francis their patron. Wherein is described, and examined the original of the Capucins, their vows, rules, and disciplines. Written originally in French by the exquisite pen of that incomparably learned, and pious divine, Mr. Peter du Moulin, and Englished by Philanax Orthodoxus.; Capucin. English	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.	1665 (1665)	Wing D2581; ESTC R215372	45,820	122

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