Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	great_a	king_n	people_n	13,648	5	4.7769	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54796	A vindication of The character of a popish successor, in a reply to two pretended ansvvers to it by the author of the character.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.; Phillips, John, 1631-1706.	1681 (1681)	Wing P2114; ESTC R6364	14,481	18

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