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	parliament_n	session_n	5,616	5	10.5793	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38468	The English-man's happiness under a Protestant-prince and the present condition of the kingdom considered.		1681 (1681)	Wing E3100; ESTC R9047	6,331	4

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