Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	wrong_a	wrong_n	wrong_v	25	3	8.9325	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16636	The tragicomoedi of the vertuous Octauia. Done by Samuel Brandon. 1598; Virtuous Octavia	Brandon, Samuel, fl. 1598.	1598 (1598)	STC 3544; ESTC S104635	47,881	130

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