Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	flesh_n	reap_v	sow_v	7,931	5	11.4459	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40299	To the ministers, teachers, and priests (so called and so stileing your selves) in Barbadoes by George Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1672 (1672)	Wing F1957; ESTC R36426	49,015	79

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