Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	parliament_n	pass_v	session_n	2,510	5	10.2151	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52733	A proposal for amending the silver coins of England, and the possibility of it, without any great charge to the nation. Demonstrated in two different ways.	Neale, Thomas, d. 1699?	1696 (1696)	Wing N349; ESTC R222058	18,870	64

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