Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	case_n	estate_n	remainder_n	5,475	5	10.8721	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27415	The compleat history of the warrs of Flanders written in Italian by the learned and famous Cardinall Bentivoglio ; Englished by the Right Honorable Henry, Earl of Monmouth ; the whole work illustrated with many figures of the chief personages mentioned in this history.; Della guerra di Fiandra. English	Bentivoglio, Guido, 1577-1644.; Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661.	1654 (1654)	Wing B1910; ESTC R2225	683,687	479

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