Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	see_v	think_v	4,213	5	3.8851	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53490	Historical memoires on the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James	Osborne, Francis, 1593-1659.	1658 (1658)	Wing O515; ESTC R23008	34,729	132

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