Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	law_n	resist_v	2,184	5	9.6676	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03488	A letter to Dr. W. Payne	Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708.; Payne, William, 1650-1696.	1689 (1689)	Wing G1574; ESTC R177617	5,072	4

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