Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	commit_v	esteem_v	great_a	65	3	2.1567	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45785	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall November 23, 1684 by Gilbert Ironside ...	Ironside, Gilbert, 1588-1671.	1685 (1685)	Wing I1049; ESTC R5618	18,482	39

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