Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	king_n	law_n	5,822	5	4.7877	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80364	Considerations on the bill depending, for preventing occasional conformity humbly offered by the people called Quakers.		1695 (1695)	Wing C5912aA; ESTC R229791	1,217	4

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