Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	day_n	parliament_n	session_n	3,425	5	10.6408	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29997	The Duke of Buckingham's speech, spoken in the House of Lords, Feb. 15th, 1676, proving that the Parliament is dissolved; Speech spoken in the House of Lords, Feb. 15th, 1676, proving that the Parliament is dissolved	Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.	1677 (1677)	Wing B5333; ESTC R19978	8,183	16

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