Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	line_n	page_n	read_v	4,280	5	9.9304	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52669	Natura lugens, or, An Elegy on the death of the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. who left this life December the 30th, 1691.		1692 (1692)	Wing N241A; ESTC R35064	1,078	1

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