Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	die_v	life_n	live_v	20,083	5	6.1856	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89691	A meditation of life and death Translated with some alterations out of the works of the learned and ingenious Eusebius Nierembergius.	Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658.	1682 (1682)	Wing N1150; ESTC R231382	13,161	54

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