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	heart_n	merry_a	1,048	5	9.9107	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29590	Humane prudence, or, The art by which a man may raise himself and fortune to grandeur by A.B.	De Britaine, William.	1682 (1682)	Wing B4805A; ESTC R36376	38,385	145

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