Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	good_a	great_a	world_n	3,726	5	4.6928	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86521	Some necessary and important considerations, (to be consider'd of by all sorts of people) Taken out of (that late worthy and renowned judge) Sr Matthew Hale's account of The good steward. By J.P.	Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.; J. P.	1700 (1700)	Wing H262; ESTC R230300	4,910	12

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