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	power_n	13,233	5	4.9591	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09954	A conference betwixt a modern atheist, and his friend. By the methodizer of the Second spira.	Sault, Richard, d. 1702.	1693 (1693)	Wing S732; ESTC R28854	9,262	20

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