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	people_n	power_n	34,395	5	5.6262	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25192	The following maxims were found amongst the papers of the Great Almanzor and tho they must lose a good deal of their original spirit by the translation, yet they seem to be so applicable to all times, that it is thought no disservice to make them publick.	Manṣūr ibn Abī ʻĀmir, 939-1002.	1693 (1693)	Wing A2896; ESTC R8840	2,056	2

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