Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	conscience_n	dead_a	purge_v	5,027	5	9.3264	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36555	The forerunner of eternity, or, Messenger of death sent to healthy, sick and dying men / by H. Drexelius.	Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.; Croyden, William.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650.	1642 (1642)	Wing D2183; ESTC R35549	116,212	389

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