Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	3,673	5	10.4433	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77654	Heraclitus ridens redivivus; or, a dialogue between Harry and Roger, concerning the times	Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5060A; ESTC R231683	11,174	13

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