Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	aforesaid_a	parliament_n	say_a	2,406	5	6.5674	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33744	A new method of Robert Colepepyr, Gent., for speedy and effectual preservation of the navigation on the River Thames and to repair the water-breach in to Havering and Dagenham levels in Essex ...	Colepepyr, Robert.	1700 (1700)	Wing C5059; ESTC T122737	5,132	6

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