Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	death_n	die_v	5,200	5	5.7048	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50342	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall on January the 30th, 1681 by Henry Maurice ...	Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.	1682 (1682)	Wing M1370; ESTC R3724	13,058	37

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