Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	day_n	evening_n	morning_n	4,010	5	9.2387	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54396	The devill of Mascon, or, A true relation of the chiefe things which an unclean spirit did, and said at Mascon in Burgundy in the house of Mr. Francis Pereaud, minister of the Reformed Church in the same towne / published in French lately by himselfe ; and now made English by one that hath a particular knowledge of the truth of this story.; Antidémon de Mascon. English	Perrault, François, 1577-1657.; Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing P1584; ESTC R40060	21,898	64

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