Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	great_a	oath_n	strife_n	1,289	5	11.0235	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90435	Some remarks upon a book, entitled, Christ's lambs defended against Satan's rage, &c. Being the Quakers answer to The Quakers unmask'd &c. : In a letter to E.S., Esq.	A. C.; Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.; E. S.	1691 (1691)	Wing P1417C; ESTC R233470	11,676	10

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