Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	believe_v	reason_n	word_n	2,354	5	4.5383	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54939	A letter from Moses Pitt, to the authour of a book, intituled, some discourses upon Dr. Burnet, now Ld. Bp. of Salisbury and Dr. Tillotson, late Ld. A.B. of Canterbury occasioned by the late funeral sermon of the former upon the latter.	Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696.; Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.	1695 (1695)	Wing P2307; ESTC R7270	27,662	34

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