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	subject_n	7,302	5	7.0719	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46960	Reflections on the History of passive obedience by Samuel Johnson.	Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.	1689 (1689)	Wing J838; ESTC R2473	7,933	12

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