Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	death_n	life_n	sin_n	28,930	5	5.1238	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36581	Absalom and Achitophel a poem.; Absalom and Achitophel	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1681 (1681)	Wing D2214; ESTC R1552	18,435	34

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