Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	member_n	mind_n	sin_n	13,999	5	5.1303	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68624	Emblemes by Fra: Quarles	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. Hieroglyphikes of the life of man. aut; Simpson, William, fl. 1635-1646, engraver.	1639 (1639)	STC 20542; ESTC S115515	99,172	392

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