Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	end_n	parliament_n	session_n	2,454	5	10.4165	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25581	An Answer to the case of the old East-India Company as represented by themselves to the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled.		1700 (1700)	Wing A3395; ESTC R18101	11,811	24

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