Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	common_a	nature_n	reason_n	4,591	5	4.8578	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60386	A sermon preached before the King at Mont-St.-Andre-Camp, June 29, 1694 by James Smalwood ...	Smalwood, James, d. 1719.	1695 (1695)	Wing S4007; ESTC R10098	13,536	42

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