Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	action_n	good_a	let_v	1,371	5	4.7652	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41807	A brief answer to a late discourse concerning the unreasonableness of a new separation	Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?	1691 (1691)	Wing G1568; ESTC R26749	15,441	16

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