Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	death_n	die_v	5,200	5	5.7048	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66089	Astræa, or, True love's myrrour a pastoral / composed by Leonard Willan.	Willan, Leonard.	1651 (1651)	Wing W2262; ESTC R6521	49,077	146

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