Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	city_n	great_a	time_n	1,959	5	3.2298	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65739	Reflections on a scandalous paper, entituled, The answer of the East-India-Company to two printed papers of Mr. Samuel White together with the true character of Francis Davenport the said Company's historyographer, detecting some of the villanies he has been guilty of in several parts of the world, and proving the pamphlet now publish'd by the foresaid company in his name to be a malicious forgery, under attestations of sundry credible persons, humbly presented to the Honourable the Knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliaments assembled / by George White.	White, George.; White, Samuel, ca. 1650-1689.	1689 (1689)	Wing W1770; ESTC R8845	16,088	16

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