Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	kingdom_n	power_n	18,504	5	5.2095	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48867	A second letter to a dissenter, upon occasion of His Majesties late gracious Declaration of indulgence	Lobb, Stephen, d. 1699.; Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695, attributed name.	1687 (1687)	Wing L2729A; ESTC R202494	11,541	20

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