Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	easy_a	find_v	great_a	115	3	2.0771	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28985	The general history of the air designed and begun by the Honble. Robert Boyle ...	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.	1692 (1692)	Wing B3981; ESTC R11260	136,385	273

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