Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	know_v	word_n	4,525	5	4.2540	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26441	Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.		1664 (1664)	Wing A634; ESTC R28931	72,943	217

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