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
A58661	A letter to a person of quality, occasion'd by the news of the ensuing Parliament	R. S.	1688 (1688)	Wing S133; ESTC R8107	8,577	8

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