Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	law_n	liberty_n	penal_a	1,025	5	12.2059	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54166	A letter form [sic] a gentleman in the country to his friends in London upon the subject of the penal laws and tests	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1687 (1687)	Wing P1318; ESTC R32176	4,657	14

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