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	sovereign_a	3,527	5	9.3552	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38448	England's universal distraction in the years 1643, 1644, 1645 left to the vvorld by a judicious and conscientious author for the use of his friends, children, and grand-children, when they come to years of discretion : and may be very useful for all men to read and practice in these distracted times.		1659 (1659)	Wing E3068; ESTC R31431	12,405	25

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